Inside the Shocking Killing of Former Bridesmaid Found Handcuffed in Bathtub Years Before Groom's Arrest

Mar. 15, 2025

Mary Catherine Edwards.Photo:CBS News

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In January 1995, the brutal killing of a beloved schoolteacher in Beaumont, Texas, left her community devastated.

But it would take nearly 30 years before her friends and family would finally see justice.

In June 2021,Clayton Bernard Foremanwas indicted on a capital murder charge after police made a breakthrough in the case using decades-old DNA recovered from the original crime scene.

Earlier this year, in March, Foreman was convicted of her murder,12 News Now,The Houston ChronicleandBeaumont Enterprisereported at the time.

The beloved schoolteacher’s murder and her loved ones’ fight for justice is documented in “Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards,” an upcoming episode on CBS News’48 Hoursairing on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 10 ET/PT. (The show will also stream on Paramount+.)

Mary Catherine Edwards with her twin sister, and her friend Diana, the ex-wife of the Catherin’s killer.CBS News

In 1982, Edwards was a bridesmaid at her friend Dianna Coe’s wedding. The bride herself had learned a few months prior about a rape accusation against Foreman, but he explained it away as a “misunderstanding,” Coe says in the show.

Around 1985-86, Foreman allegedly tried to assault another one of Coe’s friends, after the friend let him inside her home when he said he wanted to discuss marital problems he was having. This witness did not testify in the trial.

Prosecutors tell producers of the show they believe this was the same ruse Foreman may have used to enter Edwards' home in 1992 when he killed her.

Clayton Bernard Foreman.Beaumont Police Department

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Despite Foreman’s denials that he even knew Edwards, the DNA was proof he was lying.

The48 Hoursepisode includes interviews with Foreman’s other victims, Edwards' students and the investigators who never gave up on fighting for her.

48 Hours: Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwardswill air on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 10 ET/PT on CBS, and can be streamed on Paramount+.

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source: people.com