Body of 20-year-old woman is found in a Texas creek a week after Uber driver she went off-roading with killed himself when cops tried to question him

The body of a 20-year-old woman has been found in a Texas creek a week after an Uber driver she went off-roading with killed himself the day after she vanished when cops tried to question him. 

Mystery has surrounded the case since Amanda Stevenson of Victoria, Texas went missing on November 19.

Her mother had reported her missing a couple of days later, setting off a frantic search by authorities, friends, family members and those in her community. 

On Tuesday, the teen's body finally discovered on Tuesday in a creek close to where she lived, around 16 miles from where she was last seen just over a week ago. 

Police believed that former teacher, 45-year-old Kevin Bennetsen, who worked for Uber and was known to give her rides could be connected with Stevenson's disappearance, or have some insight into the lead-up. 

Her family maintain that he was the last person to see her alive.  

Police said the two went 'mudding on [all-terrain vehicles],' before she went missing. 

Investigators conducted an initial interview with Bennetsen and on Wednesday, the 22nd, pulled him over for a traffic stop to ask more questions about the case. 

But Bennetsen fatally shot himself during the stop. At the time of his death, cops had already begun searching his home and an area he often frequented in Yoakum.

Bennetsen was married with children, and officials said his wife has been cooperating with authorities during the search.

He was as a substitute teacher in the Victoria School District as recently as 2022, according his LinkedIn page.

It was Stevenson's birthday just a few days before she disappeared and she would have turned 20. 

As the family deals with the grief of the 19-year-old's death , police continue to investigate. 

An autopsy has been ordered for Stevenson and Bennetsen’s death is  being investigated by Texas Rangers.