For Texas Ranger Brandon Bess, almost everything about the Mary Catherine Edwards case was different.

Ranger Brandon Bess: The thing that really got me about the case was, you don’t expect to have this beautiful, young, single, schoolteacher be murdered in her own home …. She was such a great person, came from such a great family.

Ranger Brandon Bess: It was an unusual crime scene. She’s over the bathtub and she’s obviously been sexually assaulted and handcuffed behind her back.

Natalie Morales | “48 Hours“ contributor: Were they … police-grade handcuffs?

Ranger Brandon Bess: Yeah. … Handcuffs have always been a key piece of this.

On Jan. 14, 1995, Mary Catherine Edwards, 31, was found dead by her parents in her townhouse in Beaumont, Texas. She was in her bathtub, handcuffed, and had been sexually assaulted. There were no signs of forced entry, which made investigators think she must have known her killer. Texas Department of Public Safety

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