Tynesha Devonna Stewart

Tynesha Devonna Stewart's death was featured on the podcast "They Will Kill" Episode 10. But this bright light was so much more than the circumstances surrounding the end of her life. Tynesha was born on July 10, 1987 in Galveston TX to Gale Laverne Glenn. She was one of six children and her father died when she was just 6 yrs old. But she had brains and ambition and while in high school, she managed the girls’ basketball team and participated in other extra-curricular activities, all while juggling a part time job. She graduated from Nimitz High School and was in the top ten percent of her class. In 2005, she won a scholarship in which she was one of 15 ,ersity studying Civil and Chemical Engineering. While Tynesha was 16 and still in high school, she met Timothy Shepherd, age 24, and he became her boyfriend. But her family says that she became afraid of him and when she went to college, they broke up. (It seems that Timothy didn't accept the break up and the fact that she subsequently began to date someone else and he would often call her, sometimes several times a day.) When Tynesha was on Spring Break, she returned home and saw Timothy at his apartment. That was the last time anyone heard from her. In the end, Shepherd admitted to killing her, dismembering her body, and barbecuing the parts on 2 barbeques on his apartment balcony. He is now in prison (there is an article about the sad end to her life below). But Tynesha should be remembered not for the end of her short life but for how she affected others. The article (below) about her celebration of life captures the true nature of her existence. She was remembered for her "electrifying smile," salty spirit and dogged determination to succeed.