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22 minutes ago · Manslaughter was a lesser offense than the second-degree murder Ashley Benefield, 32, was charged with after she shot her husband, Doug Benefield, on Sept. 27, 2020. She faces up to 30 years in ...
3 hours ago · Ashley Benefield, 33, stood trial for the second-degree murder of her husband, Doug Benefield, in the case known as the “Black Swan murder” trial when she received the verdict on the lesser ...
1 day ago · But in tearful testimony Friday, Ashley Benefield, 33, described herself as a victim of persistent abuse who acted in self-defense when she fatally shot Doug Benefield, 58, in her home south of ...
11 hours ago · Benefield fatally shot her husband, 58-year-old Doug Benefield, in September 2020, but she claimed it was self-defense Ashley Benefield, the 32-year-old former ballerina accused of murdering her ...
14 hours ago · Ashley Benefield's attorney argued that she was trapped in an abusive relationship, stating that Doug Benefield was a manipulative, controlling and abusive man. She had argued she killed her ...
14 hours ago · Ashley Benefield Verdict: Jury makes decision in ballerina case. The sound of handcuffs clicking shut reverberated through a Manatee County courtroom late Tuesday night at the conclusion of the Ashley Benefield trial. For the family of Doug Benefield, a naval pilot officer who was shot and killed by his estranged wife in Lakewood Ranch in ...
17 hours ago · Ashley Benefield, 32, was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm after fatally shooting her husband in September 2020. Prosecutors allege she was upset over a child-custody battle and ...
1 day ago · Ashley Benefield says she was acting in self-defense when she shot her estranged husband Doug on Sept. 27, 2020, in Florida. Prosecutors say it was a sinister plan.
Jul 5, 2023 · A motions hearing is scheduled for Ashley Benefield, the woman accused of killing her husband, Doug Benefield, at their home in Florida in 2020. “Based on the entry wounds on Douglas, it does not appear that he was facing Ashley when she began shooting,” court documents state.
6 days ago · Ashley Benefield, 32, admitted to fatally shooting her husband, 58-year-old Navy veteran Douglas "Doug" Benefield, in their Lakewood Ranch, Florida, home in September of 2020. The trial...
