Killer Spouses

These matrimonial-shattering cases take the vow "until death do we part" to a new horrific level.

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Ashley Benefield takes the stand in her defense.
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Texts between Ashley and Doug Benefield shown in court.
Angel Ricci takes the stand in the Wife Stabs Husband Murder Trial
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Detective Chris Gillum, a domestic violence investigator, takes the stand.
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Judge Matt Whyte admonishes defense attorney Neil Taylor.
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Doug Benefield's daughter, Eva Benefield, takes the stand on day one of the Black Swan Murder Trial. Ashley Benefield is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, Douglas Benefield.
John Sant takes the stand in the Black Swan Murder Trial. Sant, Ashley Benefield's neighbor at the time of the shooting, takes the stand as the jury listens to the 911 call he made on Ashley's behalf.
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The jury is selected in the Black Swan Murder Trial. Ashley Benefield is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, Doug Benefield. Ashley claims she shot her husband in self-defense.
Jury deliberations lasted a little over four hours in the Abused Wife or Murderer Trial where Marcia Thompson is facing trial for the shooting death of her husband, Terry Thompson.
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Jury selection is slated to begin in late July in the Black Swan Murder Trial where Ashley Benefield is accused in the shooting death of her husband, Doug. Benefield claims self-defense, while prosecutors say it was about a custody dispute.

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