Texas mom's killer received text before murder: "I hope you handle it"

After Alyssa Burkett was murdered, detectives quickly learned that the prime suspect was the father of her child, Andrew Beard . But as the investigation unfolded, they would find out that Beard wasn't the only one involved in the murder plot. Take a look inside the investigation. Oct. 2, 2020 | 9 a.m. On the morning of Oct. 2, 2020, Alyssa Burkett parked outside the Greentree Apartments leasing office when a man in a black Ford Expedition pulled into the spot next to her. He got out of his SUV and shot Burkett through the driver's side window. Carrollton Police Department Shortly after 24-year-old Alyssa Burkett pulled into her parking space at work in Carrollton, Texas, a man with a gun shot her in the head through her car window and fled. On a window at the Greentree Apartments leasing office "there was a blood handprint smear where Alyssa (Burkett) was trying to get anyone to come out and help her," said Carrollton Police Sgt. Michael Harding. Carrollton Police Department Burkett survived the gun blast, got out of her car and tried to get help. Her bloody hand left a print on the office window. The assailant saw Burkett running and chased after her. He stabbed and slashed Alyssa 44 times and left the scene in his black SUV. Andrew Beard, left, and Alyssa Burkett with their daughter Willow. Lizatte Bowers/Alyssa Burkett, Facebook When Burkett's mother, Teresa Collard, arrived at the scene, she immediately gave detectives a name: Andrew Beard. …