Brian Hughes Benedict Kills His Ex-Wife Over a Child Custody "Dispute"

UC Irvine graduate student accused of killing his ex-wife on the university campus Sunday during a custody dispute over their 4-year-old son had his arraignment postponed Tuesday until Oct. 2.

Brian Hughes Benedict, 35, is charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement of using a firearm. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.

Benedict appeared in court Tuesday afternoon, where he opted to delay his arraignment until the attorney his family has hired, Ronald Cordova, returns from a trip outside the country. A friend of Cordova, attorney Mike Jacobs, appeared on his behalf and requested the arraignment be delayed. Prosecutors released more details of what allegedly happened after 7 p.m. Sunday in UCI’s Verona Place housing facility...



**Blog Author Note: Way to be a role model, dad! If dad doesn't get a life sentence, he will probably ask for custody of his son later. And some dumb fuck judge will say that Brian Hughes Benedict's actions toward the mother do not reflect his feelings for, or ability to care for his son. Really, I wish I was kidding.

Pinellas County couple's death a murder-suicide

William Brown Wood Jr. said if he ever took his own life, something might also happen to his ex-wife.

Wood also told his longtime girlfriend that if he killed himself he wouldn't burden her by leaving behind his body — or his two beloved dogs.

Tragically, authorities say he was a man of his word.

His ex-wife, Donna Aline Havard Wood, 54, was found shot to death in her Snell Isle home at 1927 Brightwaters Blvd. NE on Friday night, St. Petersburg police said...

Man confesses to killing ex-wife, another man

New Orleans police have arrested a man in connection with the late Saturday night slaying of his ex-wife and another man.

NOPD Deputy Chief Marlon Defillo said they arrested 43-year-old Jackie Green after spotting his vehicle, which matched reports of the purple vehicle fleeing the crime scene, on I-10 near the Twin Spans.

Police initially found 40-year-old Marilyn Green lying on the sidewalk outside of a home in the 13600 block of North Cavelier Street in New Orleans East. Police pronounced her dead on the scene after she was found with a gunshot wound to the chest. They also found found 51-year-old Lionel Nelson inside of the home with a gunshot wound to the chest, Defillo said. They transported him to a hospital, where he later died...

W.Va. man gets 30 years in ex-wife's murder

A Huntington man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his ex-wife, whose body was found inside a trash can.

Sixty-two-year-old Wayne Burton Brown pleaded guilty Friday in Cabell County Circuit Court to second-degree murder in the November 2007 shooting of Mary Joe Brown. Wayne Brown entered a Kennedy plea, in which the defendant doesn't admit guilt...

Slayings typify domestic dangers

Angie Heatwole didn't appear to have had an order of protection against her husband and presumed killer, but that's no indication she wasn't in an abusive relationship.

Experts say not all cases of domestic abuse are known to police or even to neighbors.

“You'd probably be very surprised at some of the people who are victims and perpetrators,” said Kim Roberts, director of REACH of Haywood County, an anti-domestic abuse agency...More Here...