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The Black Swan manslaughter case [a] occurred in Lakewood Ranch, Manatee County, Florida, on September 27, 2020. Ashley Benefield (née Byers), [4] a former ballerina was accused of the shooting mariticide [5] of her estranged husband 58-year-old Douglas "Doug" Benefield. [6]
5 dni temu · Ashley Benefield was charged with murder, but a jury found her not guilty, instead convicting her on the lesser charge of manslaughter. She faces up to 30 years in prison.
31 lip 2024 · Ex-ballerina Ashley Benefield was found guilty of manslaughter Tuesday in a Florida county court, ending the "Black Swan murder trial." The six-person jury, made up of five women and one man,...
10 wrz 2024 · After nearly four years, the trial of Ashley Benefield, the former ballerina charged with second-degree murder for shooting her estranged husband Doug, began in the summer of 2024. In the...
11 wrz 2024 · The 33-year-old ballerina was initially charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband, 58-year-old Douglas Benefield, inside their Lakewood Ranch, Florida home in...
3 dni temu · During the sensational "Black Swan Murder Trial” held earlier in 2024, Ashley, 32, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2020 shooting death of her husband, Douglas Benefield, 58, but acquitted ...
28 lip 2024 · Prosecutors claim that Ashley, who has been charged with second-degree murder, killed the Navy veteran because she didn’t want him to be in her or their daughter’s life anymore.