Lubbock police investigators believe 67-year-old Linda Wilhite, who was reported missing last month, was stabbed and beaten to death by her 46-year-old son, according to an arrest warrant issued Friday afternoon.
The warrant states Climer was upset with his mother over money.
Lubbock police investigators believe Kody Climer killed Linda Wilhite, who was last seen Aug. 16, at her home in the 6100 block of 38th Street.
An arrest warrant was served Friday to Climer, who has been held at the Lubbock County Detention Center on an unrelated aggravated assault charge. His bond on that charge is set at $50,000.
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Lubbock police officials said Wilhite’s other family members called police Aug. 18, after not hearing from her, which was unusual behavior.
A police officer entered her home and found bloody fingerprints on a light switch near the closet within a bedroom.
The closet door was closed and the officer also saw blood on the front of the door, with a bloody trail leading inside the closet, where the officer found more items covered with blood.
“Inside the closet,” the report states, “he found what appeared to be human blood on the carpet, and on blankets and a pillow.”
Underneath the blankets, officers located towels with what appeared to be dried blood.
There was also evidence of blood throughout other parts of the residence.
Along, with blood in various parts of the home, police also located her prescription medication at the scene.
Her phone was nowhere to be found.
Four days before the missing person’s report, Climer is accused of slashing his ex-girlfriend’s tires at the 7-Eleven convenience store in the 5800 block of 34th Street, according to an arrest warrant.
Lubbock County grand jurors indicted Climer on Aug. 31 on a second-degree felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by threat.
The arrest warrant states Climer arrived at the store in a gold or tan SUV to meet with his ex-girlfriend.
Police found Wilhite’s vehicle — a tan 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe — Thursday in the area of 81st Street and Cedar Avenue.
The murder warrant comes with a $500,000 bond recommended by the Lubbock County District Attorney’s office.
