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>>> TONIGHT ON "DATELINE" --
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>> HE STARTED COMING TOWARDS ME,
AND THEN HE LUNGED AT ME
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AND I STARTED PULLING THE
TRIGGER.
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[ CRYING ]
>> ASHLEY RAN TO HER NEIGHBOR,
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HYSTERICAL
SHE HAD SHOT HER HUSBAND
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I GUESS HE HAD ATTACKED HER AND
SHE SHOT HIM
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>> Reporter: SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL
BALLERINA.
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SHE APPEARS TO BE A GREAT MOM.
>> WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT
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HAPPENED IN THAT ROOM.
>> HE'S THROWN FURNITURE, HE
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WOULD PUSH HER INTO A WALL
I REALLY BELIEVED HE WAS GOING
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TO KILL HER.
>> HER CLOTHING DIDN'T APPEAR TO
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BE STAINED OR TORN
SHE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SHE HAD ANY
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INJURIES
>> Reporter: SO YOU'RE SEEING
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THIS CASE SHIFTING FROM
SELF-DEFENSE TO MURDER
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>> YES, MA'AM.
>> THERE WERE GUNS PLACED AROUND
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THIS HOUSE
>> SHE AMBUSHED HIM ON THAT DAY,
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IN THAT ROOM
>> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE CALLING
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ASHLEY "THE BLACK SWAN," THIS
DARK BALLERINA WHO WAS A
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COLDBLOODED KILLER
>> THERE'S JUST NOTHING ABOUT
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THAT THAT'S TRUE
>> I WAS SCARED TO DEATH
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>> HOW CAN YOU NOT BELIEVE HER
>> DID THE DANCER CHOREOGRAPH A
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KILLING?
INSIDE THE NOTORIOUS "BLACK
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SWAN" MURDER CASE.
I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS
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"DATELINE.
HERE'S ANDREA CANNING WITH
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"DEADLY DANCE.
>> Reporter: IT TAKES GRACE,
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STRENGTH, AND PASSION TO MAKE IT
AS A BALLERINA
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ONE BEAUTIFUL DANCER AND MODEL
HAD ALL THAT, PLUS THE PERFECT
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PARTNER TO SHARE HER DREAMS.
>> SHE THOUGHT HE WAS VERY
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CHARMING
HE WAS SMART
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HE WAS FUN TO TALK TO.
IT WAS JUST A CLICK.
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>> HE STARTED DESCRIBING IT.
"THERE'S THIS BEAUTIFUL LADY
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THAT LOVES ME.
AND -- AND IN 13, DAYS WE GOT
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MARRIED.
>> Reporter: 13?
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>> YEP
>> Reporter: BUT ONE WARM AUTUMN
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NIGHT, IT ENDED JUST AS FAST AS
IT BEGAN
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LEFT BEHIND -- FOUR BULLET
CASINGS AND A LOVE STORY THAT
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HAD SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL.
SEPTEMBER 27th, 2020
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AS THE SUN WAS SETTING, A
FRANTIC 911 CALL CAME IN FROM
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LAKEWOOD RANCH, A COMMUNITY NEAR
SARASOTA, FLORIDA.
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>> HE'S SAYING THE NEIGHBOR CAME
OVER, FEMALE NEIGHBOR.
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IT WAS A DOMESTIC.
>> Reporter: THE NEIGHBOR WAS
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29-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY BENEFIELD,
AND SHE HAD A DRAMATIC STORY TO
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TELL
>> SHE JUST CAME IN.
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SHE WAS QUITE HYSTERICAL
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS BANGING ON
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MY DOOR.
SHE SAID THAT HE ATTACKED HER
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AND SHE SHOT HIM
>> Reporter: HE WAS ASHLEY'S
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HUSBAND, 59-YEAR-OLD
DOUG BENEFIELD
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DETECTIVE DAN DICKERMAN WITH THE
MANATEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
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RACED TO THE SCENE
>> WHEN THE DEPUTIES FIRST GOT
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HERE, WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON
SCENE, DOUGLAS BENEFIELD WAS
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STILL INSIDE THE HOUSE
UH, IN ORDER TO GET TO HIM, THE
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FIRST THING THEY HAD TO DO WAS
MAKE THE SCENE SAFE, WHICH THEY
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KNEW FROM THE 911 CALL THAT
ASHLEY WAS NEXT DOOR AND WAS
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CLAIMING TO BE THE SHOOTER
>> WHERE IN THE HOUSE IS HE?
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>> IN THE BEDROOM.
MY BEDROOM
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>> HER BEDROOM
>> Reporter: ONCE THEY SECURED
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THE SCENE, FIRST RESPONDERS
FOUND DOUG BLEEDING ON A BEDROOM
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FLOOR AND PULLED HIM INTO THE
LIVING ROOM TO PERFORM CPR
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BARELY ALIVE, HE WAS RUSHED TO
THE HOSPITAL
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HOW MANY TIMES WAS DOUG SHOT
>> AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE, UM,
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WE KNEW OF TWO
>> YOU JUST CALM DOWN AND --
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[ SOBBING
OKAY
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>> NOW THE DEPUTIES WANT HER TO
GO OUTSIDE WITH HER HANDS UP,
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NOTHING IN THEM.
>> PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE SHE CAN
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SEE THEM
OKAY
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ALL RIGHT?
>> JUST START WALKING OUT FRONT.
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THEY'RE OUTSIDE.
>> Reporter: ASHLEY WALKED OUT
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OF HER NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND INTO
A SHERIFF'S VEHICLE.
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>> ASHLEY BENEFIELD IS IN THE
BACK OF A PATROL CAR
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>> Reporter: DO YOU GO TALK TO
HER BEFORE YOU GO IN THE HOUSE
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>> YES, AFTER I INSTRUCTED THE
DEPUTY TO SEE IF SHE WOULD BE
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WILLING TO GO UP TO OUR OFFICE
AND WE TRY NOT TO DO THE
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INTERVIEWS ON THE SCENE.
THERE'S TOO MUCH GOING ON.
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I WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS WILLING
TO GO TO THE OFFICE, BUT SHE
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WANTED TO SEE HER DAUGHTER
>> Reporter: AT THE TIME OF THE
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SHOOTING, HER 3-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER EMERSON WAS AT A LOCAL
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PARK WITH HER GRANDMOTHER.
THE TWO RETURNED TO A CHAOTIC
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SCENE.
>> ALLOWED THEM TO WALK UP TO
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THE CAR WHERE ASHLEY COULD SEE
HER DAUGHTER
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BUT HER DAUGHTER COULDN'T SEE
ASHLEY IN THE BACK OF THE CAR.
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IT'S DARK TINTED WINDOWS, AND
THE WINDOW IS UP
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AND THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO HER
>> Reporter: DID SHE TALK TO HER
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MOM AT ALL
>> SHE DID NOT, AT THE SCENE, AT
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THAT POINT
>> Reporter: THEN SOMEONE
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SURPRISING SHOWED UP -- ASHLEY'S
THERAPIST.
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28 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,
UNUSUAL TO SEE A THERAPIST SHOW
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UP AT A CRIME SCENE LIKE THIS?
>> YEAH, I -- I'VE NEVER SEEN A
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THERAPIST OR A DOCTOR THAT HAS
SHOWN AT A CRIME SCENE, AN
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ACTIVE CRIME SCENE THAT HAS JUST
OCCURRED
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>> Reporter: IT'S LIKE SHE WAS
ON SPEED DIAL.
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>> YEAH, SHE WAS -- SHE WAS
OBVIOUSLY CLOSE AND AVAILABLE.
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>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, AT THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DEPUTY
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JUSTIN WARREN WAS WAITING FOR
ASHLEY TO ARRIVE
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BUT SOMEONE ELSE GOT THERE
FIRST.
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>> HER ATTORNEY APPROACHED ME
OUT IN FRONT OF THE SHERIFF'S
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OFFICE OPERATIONS CENTER AND
ADVISED ME SHE WAS HER ATTORNEY
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AND THAT THE OTHER TWO ATTORNEYS
WERE ON THE WAY AS WELL.
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>> Reporter: THE ATTORNEY IS
THERE BEFORE ASHLEY EVEN GETS TO
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THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
>> YES
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>> Reporter: AND TWO MORE ON THE
WAY?
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>> TWO MORE ON THE WAY
>> Reporter: DID THAT SURPRISE
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YOU?
>> YEAH, IT DID STRIKE ME AS
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ODD.
>> Reporter: THREE ATTORNEYS AND
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A THERAPIST.
IT WAS CLEAR THIS WAS GOING TO
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BE AN UNUSUAL INVESTIGATION,
ESPECIALLY AFTER DEPUTY WARREN
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STARTED CHECKING POLICE RECORDS.
>> SO WE START LOOKING INTO
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THESE THINGS
I'M LIKE, "OH, THAT'S KIND OF
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INTERESTING.
>> Reporter: TURNS OUT THERE WAS
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A LONG AND TWISTED HISTORY
BETWEEN DOUG AND ASHLEY.
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THIS READS LIKE A LIFETIME
MOVIE.
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YOU HAVE ALLEGATIONS OF POISONED
TEA, STALKING, MURDER.
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IT GOES ON AND ON.
>> EVERY TIME I THOUGHT THIS IS
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THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE EVER
HEARD, THEN I WOULD HEAR
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SOMETHING ELSE
>> Reporter: IN FACT, THERE WAS
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A TIDAL WAVE OF ACCUSATIONS.
>> SHE WAS MAKING SOME
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ALLEGATIONS AT SOME POINT THAT
DOUG HAD POSSIBLY POISONED
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>> Reporter: IN THE HOURS AFTER
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SHOOTING HER HUSBAND DOUG,
ASHLEY BENEFIELD WAS AT THE
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MANATEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
INVESTIGATORS HOPED SHE WOULD
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FILL IN THE GAPS LEADING UP TO
THE MOMENT SHE PULLED THE
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TRIGGER.
>> WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A
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SELF-DEFENSE CLAIM
WE KNOW FROM THE INITIAL
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911 CALL
SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY,
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TO THE BEST WE CAN, WHAT
HAPPENED INSIDE THAT HOUSE
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>> Reporter: BUT ASHLEY, SITTING
NEXT TO HER ATTORNEY, EXERCISED
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HER RIGHT NOT TO SAY ANYTHING.
>> I KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED
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YET, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
TAKING A STATEMENT FROM YOU, AND
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THAT'S FINE.
>> Reporter: NO ONE KNOWS
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ASHLEY'S STORY BUT ASHLEY.
>> BUT ASHLEY.
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YES, MA'AM
>> Reporter: SHE WASN'T UNDER
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ARREST, SO ASHLEY WAS FREE TO
GO
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A FEW MILES AWAY AT THE
HOSPITAL, DOCTORS WERE TRYING TO
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SAVE DOUG'S LIFE
BUT HIS INJURIES WERE TOO SEVERE
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AND HE DIED.
HIS FAMILY WAS STUNNED
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>> I'M JUST -- I'M OVERCOME WITH
GRIEF.
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I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT
>> Reporter: DOUG'S BROTHER
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DAVID AND COUSIN TOMMIE CALLED
EVA, DOUG'S 19-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
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FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE, TO
BREAK THE NEWS
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THIS IS SUCH A DEVASTATING PHONE
CALL
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>> HORRIBLE.
>> SHE BEGINS WAILING AND IT
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WAS -- IT WAS JUST ONE OF THE
WORST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE
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>> SHE GOES FROM ANGER INTO
GRIEF, CRUSHING GRIEF, SO
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QUICKLY.
>> Reporter: GRIEF SHE KNEW ALL
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TOO WELL
EVA NOT ONLY HAS LOST HER MOM,
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BUT NOW SHE'S LOST HER DAD TOO
>> YES, MA'AM.
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>> Reporter: EVA'S MOM RENEE
DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK WHEN
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EVA WAS ONLY 15.
HER DAD WAS HER WHOLE WORLD.
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>> EVA TALKS ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL
HE WAS
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SHE SAID, "HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND
I COULD BRING ALL MY GIRL
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PROBLEMS TO.
AND I LOVED HEARING THAT ABOUT
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IT BECAUSE THAT'S THE DOUG THAT
I KNEW
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>> Reporter: EVA HAD STRUGGLED
TO ACCEPT HER STEP-MOM, AND NOW
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DETECTIVES WERE DIVING IN TO
ASHLEY AND DOUG'S MAY-DECEMBER
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ROMANCE.
>> SO WE START TO KIND OF TRY TO
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DEVELOP, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE
BACKGROUND AS FAR AS WHAT THEY
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WERE LIKE TOGETHER AND WHAT THE
RELATIONSHIP REALLY WAS.
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>> Reporter: THEY LEARNED THAT
DOUG MET ASHLEY IN THE SUMMER OF
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2016, LESS THAN 9 MONTHS AFTER
HIS WIFE DIED.
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THE FORMER NAVY PILOT WAS 54,
DEEPLY RELIGIOUS, AND WORKED IN
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THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY
ASHLEY, 30 YEARS YOUNGER, WAS A
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RETIRED BALLERINA WHO MODELED
AND TAUGHT DANCING
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THE TWO INSTANTLY CLICKED AT A
DINNER PARTY HOSTED BY FORMER
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
DR. BEN CARSON
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>> THE STUNNING PART IS THEY GO
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE, AND SHE SHOWS
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THEM A GUN THAT SHE'S CARRYING
IN THE BRA
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>> Reporter: OH.
>> HER CONCEALED CARRY IN FRONT
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OF TWO SECRET SERVICE TEAMS.
>> Reporter: THESE TWO REALLY
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BONDED OVER GUNS, GOD, AND
POLITICS
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>> THAT WAS PART OF THEIR, UM,
BONDING FOR SURE
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>> Reporter: DR. BARBARA RUSSELL
IS ASHLEY'S THERAPIST, THE SAME
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THERAPIST WHO SHOWED UP AT THE
SCENE THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING.
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SHE'S KNOWN ASHLEY FOR YEARS
>> HE TEXTED HER, I BELIEVE,
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THAT VERY NIGHT AND PURSUED HER
AFTER THAT
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AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF
THEIR WHIRLWIND RELATIONSHIP
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THAT ENDED IN MARRIAGE 13 DAYS
LATER.
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>> Reporter: THAT IS THE
DEFINITION OF WHIRLWIND.
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>> IT CERTAINLY IS
>> Reporter: ASHLEY MOVED FROM
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FLORIDA TO DOUG'S HOME IN
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA,
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WHERE THE NEWLYWEDS BECAME
BUSINESS PARTNERS AS WELL.
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THEY FORMED A BALLET COMPANY
IT WAS ASHLEY'S DREAM COME TRUE.
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>> SHE SAID, "I DON'T WANT TO
PICK DANCERS IN A ROOM BASED ON
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THEIR HEIGHT OR THEIR WEIGHT OR
THEIR AGE, ANYTHING.
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I WANNA PICK THEM BASED ON THEIR
TALENT AND THEIR WORK ETHIC.
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>> Reporter: SARA MURAWSKI WAS
HIRED AS A PRINCIPAL DANCER.
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THE NEARLY SIX-FOOT-TALL
BALLERINA SAYS HER HEIGHT
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HINDERED HER CAREER.
SHE BONDED WITH ASHLEY WHO WAS
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ALSO TALL AND WAS TOUCHED BY
ASHLEY AND DOUG'S RELATIONSHIP
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>> THEY'RE THE MOST IN LOVE
COUPLE I THINK I'VE EVER MET IN
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PERSON IN MY LIFE.
THEY ARE VERY TOUCHY-FEELY, BUT
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NOT SO MUCH THAT IT WAS
OBNOXIOUS.
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>> Reporter: BY THE SUMMER OF
2017, ASHLEY WAS PREGNANT.
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DOUG EMBRACED THE IDEA OF BEING
AN OLDER DAD
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>> HE WAS GENUINELY EXCITED
ABOUT THE -- ABOUT THE PATH
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FORWARD.
>> Reporter: BUT INVESTIGATORS
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DISCOVERED THEIR BRIGHT SMILES
DIDN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY.
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THERE WAS DARKNESS BENEATH THE
SURFACE OF THIS RELATIONSHIP
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>> VERY MUCH SO.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DARKNESS.
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>> Reporter: ASHLEY GAVE
DR. RUSSELL PERMISSION TO SPEAK
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WITH US.
SHE SAYS ASHLEY TOLD HER DOUG
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TURNED VIOLENT AND ABUSIVE
WITHIN WEEKS OF THEIR WEDDING.
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>> HE'S THROWN FURNITURE
HE WOULD PUSH HER INTO A WALL,
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SCREAM IN HER FACE, AND PUNCH
THE WALL
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>> Reporter: THEN ASHLEY SAID
THE ABUSE TURNED SINISTER.
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ASHLEY BELIEVED THAT DOUG WAS
POISONING HER WHILE SHE WAS
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PREGNANT, HER AND -- AND THE
UNBORN CHILD
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>> YES
>> Reporter: ASHLEY CLAIMED DOUG
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WOULD MAKE HER TEA AND WAS
ADAMANT SHE DRINK IT, EVEN
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THOUGH SHE FELT IT MADE HER
SICK
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SHE BEGAN TO SUSPECT IT WAS
LACED WITH SOMETHING
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ASHLEY ALSO MADE THIS
JAW-DROPPING ACCUSATION.
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>> DOUG TOLD HER THAT HE KILLED
HIS WIFE, RENEE.
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>> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT SHE
TOLD YOU
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>> YES
>> Reporter: DID HE SAY HOW HE
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KILLED HIS WIFE?
>> HE SAID HE POISONED HER AND
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THE POLICE WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE
HIM, AND HE WILL KILL HER TOO.
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>> Reporter: ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS
INTO HER PREGNANCY, ASHLEY SAID
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SHE FELT SHE HAD NO CHOICE BUT
TO FLEE TO HER MOM'S PLACE IN
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FLORIDA.
THE BALLET COMPANY FOLDED SOON
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AFTER.
ASHLEY GOT A RESTRAINING ORDER
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AGAINST DOUG AND DIDN'T TELL HIM
WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER WAS BORN IN
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THE SPRING OF 2018
SHE LEFT HIS NAME OFF THE BIRTH
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CERTIFICATE AND ASKED A FAMILY
COURT JUDGE TO TERMINATE HIS
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PARENTAL RIGHTS.
BUT EVEN THEN SHE SAID SHE
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COULDN'T ESCAPE HIM.
SHE BELIEVED DOUG WAS STALKING
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HER.
>> HE CROSSED THREE STATE LINES,
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EVEN WITH A RESTRAINING ORDER,
TO FOLLOW HER TO FLORIDA
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>> Reporter: THE DETAILS OF THE
SHOOTING TOOK DR. RUSSELL BY
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SURPRISE, GIVEN EVERYTHING SHE'D
HEARD ABOUT DOUG AND ASHLEY'S
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RELATIONSHIP
>> I WAS SO SHOCKED THAT IT
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WASN'T ASHLEY THAT WAS DEAD.
I REALLY BELIEVED HE WAS GOING
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TO KILL HER.
>> Reporter: DR. RUSSELL SHARED
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ALL THIS AND MORE WITH
DETECTIVES
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WAS SHE GIVING YOU INSIGHT INTO
DOUG AND ASHLEY'S RELATIONSHIP
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ABOUT HOW VOLATILE IT WAS?
>> I WAS HEARING A LOT OF
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COMPLAINTS THAT, UH, ASHLEY HAD
WITH DOUG.
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>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO
DR. RUSSELL'S STATEMENT, POLICE
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REPORTS DOCUMENTED THE COUPLE'S
TUMULTUOUS RELATIONSHIP.
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>> I STARTED SEARCHING IN OUR
COMPUTER RECORDS DATABASE AND
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NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL
REPORTS GOING BACK, I THINK, TO
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2017, UH, IN REFERENCE TO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DIFFERENT
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COMPLAINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: GIVEN THEIR
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HISTORY, INVESTIGATORS WONDERED
IF DOUG'S SHOOTING WAS IN FACT A
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CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE
BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER SIDE TO
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THIS STORY, AND IT WAS A HE
SAID, SHE SAID FOR THE AGES.
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>> ASHLEY WAS SEVERELY ABUSING
HIM EMOTIONALLY AND THROUGH THE
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>> Reporter: DETECTIVE
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JUSTIN WARREN HAD A GROWING
STACK OF EVIDENCE SUGGESTING
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DOUG BENEFIELD WAS A VIOLENT AND
ABUSIVE HUSBAND.
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BUT WHEN HE SPOKE WITH DOUG'S
FAMILY, THEY PAINTED A DIFFERENT
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PICTURE.
>> GROWING UP, HE WAS A STAR
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ATHLETE.
HE WAS A FRIEND TO EVERYBODY,
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JUST SUPER KIND.
>> Reporter: TO ANYONE WHO HEARS
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ABOUT THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF DOUG
IN YOUR EYES, THIS IS JUST A
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SNAPSHOT, A SMALL SNAPSHOT OF A
MAN WHO WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN
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THAT
>> ABSOLUTELY.
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I DON'T WANNA MAKE EXCUSES FOR
BAD BEHAVIOR
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AND I -- AND I DO NOT WANT TO
COME ACROSS LIKE I'M TRYING TO
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SAY, YOU KNOW, DOUG WAS PERFECT
AND ALL THIS STUFF
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BUT NO
BUT HE -- HE OWNED HIS MISTAKES,
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AND HE GREW.
>> Reporter: DAVID AND TOMMIE
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ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DOUG HAD A FEW
ANGRY OUTBURSTS, BUT SAY HE
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REGRETTED THEM AND SOUGHT
COUNSELING
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AND DAVID BELIEVES IF ANYONE WAS
A VICTIM IN THE RELATIONSHIP, IT
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WAS DOUG
>> AND ASHLEY WAS SEVERELY
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ABUSING HIM EMOTIONALLY AND
THROUGH THE CONTROL OF THE
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CHILD.
DOUG WAS NOT DOING ANY OF THAT
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>> Reporter: ASHLEY'S THERAPIST
SAYS THAT DOUG TOLD ASHLEY
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THAT -- THAT HE KILLED RENEE
IS THERE -
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>> YEAH, THAT'S --
>> Reporter: -- ANY TRUTH TO
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THAT -
>> NO.
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>> Reporter: -- AS FAR AS YOU
KNOW -
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>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY --
>> Reporter: -- ABOUT --
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>> -- ABSURD
>> Reporter: THIS READS LIKE A
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LIFETIME MOVIE
YOU HAVE ALLEGATIONS OF POISONED
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TEA, STALKING, MURDER.
IT GOES ON AND ON.
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>> EVERY TIME I THOUGHT THIS IS
THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE EVER
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HEARD, THEN I WOULD HEAR
SOMETHING ELSE
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>> Reporter: ATTORNEY
STEPHANIE MURPHY REPRESENTED
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DOUG DURING HIS LEGAL BATTLES
WITH ASHLEY.
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>> SHE TRIED TO GET CHARLESTON
LAW ENFORCEMENT TO EXHUME
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RENEE'S BODY TO TRY TO SAY THAT
HE HAD KILLED HER.
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SHE WAS GOING TO NEWSPAPERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY TALKING ABOUT
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THE POISONING.
SHE MADE EVERY ALLEGATION THAT
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SHE POSSIBLY COULD TO MULTIPLE
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
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>> Reporter: DETECTIVES LEARNED
THAT DOUG FOUGHT TO SEE HIS
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DAUGHTER AFTER ASHLEY FILED TO
TERMINATE HIS PARENTAL RIGHTS.
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THE COUPLE FACED OFF IN FAMILY
COURT IN THE SUMMER OF 2018.
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BABY EMERSON WAS 6 MONTHS OLD
AND DOUG HAD NEVER MET HER
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>> OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO
ON THE RECORD OF BENEFIELD
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VERSUS BENEFIELD
>> Reporter: THIS IS A RECORDING
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OF THE HEARING
ASHLEY TOOK THE STAND.
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>> WHEN YOU LIVED WITH
DOUGLAS BENEFIELD, UM, WAS THERE
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
>> YES
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HE HURT OUR PETS IN ORDER TO
HURT ME.
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HE WAS VERBALLY ABUSIVE.
HE WOULD YELL AND SCREAM AT ME,
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AND HE WOULD, UM, THREATEN ME.
>> HOW MANY TIMES DID HE PUNCH
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HOLES IN THE DRYWALL IN THE
HOUSE?
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>> SEVERAL TIMES
>> Reporter: ASHLEY ALSO
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PRESENTED LAB REPORTS AND EXPERT
TESTIMONY AS PROOF DOUG HAD
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POISONED HER WHILE SHE WAS
PREGNANT
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ASHLEY MADE IT CLEAR WHAT SHE
THOUGHT WAS AT STAKE FOR HER
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DAUGHTER
>> I BELIEVE THAT IF HE WERE TO
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HAVE ACCESS TO HER NOW, THAT HE
VERY WELL COULD CAUSE HER
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SERIOUS HARM OR -- OR -- OR KILL
HER.
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>> Reporter: DOUG TESTIFIED TOO.
>> NEVER SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER
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DID I EVER BELIEVE SHE WAS
SCARED
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>> Reporter: HE SAID HE NEVER
STALKED ASHLEY BUT ADMITTED TO
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YELLING AT HER, PUNCHING A FEW
WALLS, AND MISTREATING THE PETS
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ON OCCASION.
>> HE'S A BIG DOG, AND HE JUMPED
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UP IN MY LAP
AND YEAH, I MEAN, I ADMIT I HIT
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HIM.
I DIDN'T HIT HIM LIKE YOU WOULD,
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YOU KNOW, HIT A PUNCHING BAG OR
ANYTHING
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BUT I HIT HIM.
>> Reporter: BUT DOUG DENIED
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POISONING ASHLEY AND USED HIS
OWN EXPERT TO DEBUNK THE LAB
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REPORTS.
AND HE WAS ADAMANT HE PLAYED NO
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ROLE IN HIS LATE WIFE'S DEATH.
>> ASHLEY BENFIELD HAS ACCUSED
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YOU OF MURDERING YOUR WIFE
RENEE.
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DID YOU DO THAT?
>> NO, I DID NOT
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SHE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES
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CONFIRMED RENEE'S DEATH WAS NOT
SUSPICIOUS
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>> THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DOUG
WERE AT WORST BLOWN OUT OF
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PROPORTION, BUT AT BEST JUST
COMPLETELY UNTRUE.
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>> Reporter: THE JUDGE SEEMED TO
AGREE WHEN SHE ISSUED THIS
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SCATHING RULING.
>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A
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SINGLE SCINTILLA OF CREDIBILITY
THAT I'M ATTACHING TO ANYTHING
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THAT WAS TESTIFIED TO, AT LEAST
IN THIS HEARING, OF
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MS. BENEFIELD.
IT STARTS FROM BASICALLY THE
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ABSURD
WE THEN MOVED FORWARD TO, UM,
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THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION THAT
SHE'S HAD IN THIS COURTROOM, THE
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TURNING ON OF TEARS WHEN, UH,
SHE THINKS IT'S APPROPRIATE.
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THERE IS NOT A SINGLE SCINTILLA
OF CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT
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MS. BENEFIELD HAS EVER BEEN
POISONED OR SUFFERED FROM ANY
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ILLNESS OF ANY POISON.
>> Reporter: THE JUDGE GAVE DOUG
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IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO HIS DAUGHTER
AND GRANTED HIM SOLE
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RESPONSIBILITY OVER HER MEDICAL
CARE
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THAT'S A TURNING POINT IN ALL OF
THIS
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>> IT WAS A HUGE TURNING POINT
IT WAS -- THIS WAS THE COURT
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FINDING THAT THE DECISIONS THAT
ASHLEY HAD MADE UP TO THAT POINT
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FOR HER DAUGHTER WERE
DETRIMENTAL.
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SO SHE TOOK THAT AWAY FROM
ASHLEY AND GAVE IT TO DOUG
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>> Reporter: FOUR DAYS AFTER THE
RULING, STEPHANIE MURPHY WAS
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WAS THERE A TENDER MOMENT WHEN
HE LAYS EYES ON HIS DAUGHTER FOR
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THE FIRST TIME
>> SHE WAS A CUTE, PLUMP, LITTLE
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BABY
AND SO THERE HE WAS, JUST
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HOLDING THIS LITTLE GIRL
THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS PURE
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LOVE
>> Reporter: SHE WAS STUNNED BY
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WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
>> DOUG SAID, "WE'RE ALL GONNA
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GO TOGETHER, ME AND ASHLEY AND
OUR DAUGHTER."
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I SAID, "DOUG, THIS IS NOT A
GOOD IDEA.
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AND HE WAS SO TRUSTING, BLINDLY
TRUSTING OF HER.
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>> Reporter: THE STRANGE BALLET
BETWEEN THE TWO ENTERED ITS NEXT
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ACT.
DOUG GOT A PLACE IN FLORIDA AND
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SAW EMERSON REGULARLY OVER THE
NEXT TWO YEARS
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HE AND ASHLEY ALSO SPENT TIME
TOGETHER AS A COUPLE
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BUT DETECTIVES DISCOVERED THE
RELATIONSHIP WAS STILL
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UNPREDICTABLE.
ASHLEY CONTINUED TO CONFIDE IN
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PEOPLE THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF
DOUG AND ACCUSED HIM OF ABUSING
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THEIR DAUGHTER
DOUG TOLD HIS ATTORNEY HE
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THOUGHT ASHLEY MIGHT BE MENTALLY
UNSTABLE
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YET THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD ALL
MOVE TO MARYLAND, WHERE ASHLEY
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GREW UP, BUT STILL LIVE
SEPARATELY
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THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING THEY
WERE TOGETHER PACKING ASHLEY'S
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STUFF.
>> OBVIOUSLY, WITH DOMESTIC
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VIOLENCE, THERE ARE TIMES THAT
WOMEN OR MEN WILL GO BACK TO THE
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PERSON THAT'S ABUSING THEM
IT DOES HAPPEN
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>> Reporter: BUT THE DETECTIVE
WAS BECOMING CONVINCED THAT THIS
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WASN'T THE CASE WITH ASHLEY.
BECAUSE DESPITE HER MAKING OVER
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A DOZEN COMPLAINTS AGAINST DOUG,
SOMETHING JUMPED OUT
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HE HAD NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
>> IT'S KIND OF A RED FLAG THAT
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KIND OF GOES UP THAT SAYS, "HUH,
THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD PAY
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ATTENTION TO."
>> Reporter: MEANING THAT YOU'RE
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SEEING THESE COMPLAINTS AGAINST
DOUG, BUT NO ARRESTS OF DOUG
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>> CORRECT
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST
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THAT A CRIME HAD ACTUALLY
OCCURRED
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>> Reporter: DETECTIVE DICKERMAN
THOUGHT THERE WERE ALSO RED
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FLAGS AT THE SCENE
WHY WOULD ASHLEY AGREE TO MEET
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WITH DOUG ALONE?
AND INSIDE THE HOUSE
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INVESTIGATORS NOTICED THIS
>> THERE'S A GUN READILY
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ACCESSIBLE IN THIS BEDROOM WHEN
EVERYTHING ELSE IS PACKED UP
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AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU
HAVE ANOTHER GUN THAT'S READILY
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ACCESSIBLE IN THE PANTRY,
SITTING BY THE PEANUT BUTTER ON
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THE SHELF.
>> Reporter: IS IT LOADED?
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>> IT'S LOADED
>> Reporter: THEN THEY FOUND A
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THIRD LOADED GUN
>> IT JUST KEPT BUILDING UP AND
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ADDING UP MORE AND MORE THAT
SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
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THIS NIGHT
>> Reporter: ONE CRUCIAL PIECE
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OF THE PUZZLE WAS STILL MISSING.
ASHLEY HAD NOT GIVEN A STATEMENT
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DETAILING HER VERSION OF EVENTS.
SHE WASN'T TELLING ANYONE WHAT
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HAPPENED, NOT EVEN HER
THERAPIST, DR. RUSSELL
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ASHLEY ACTUALLY LIVED WITH HER
FOR EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE
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00:21:10,904 --> 00:21:14,107
SHOOTING
DID SHE MAKE ANY COMMENTS LIKE,
392
00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:16,276
"I HAD TO DO IT," OR, "HE WAS
GOING TO KILL ME," ANYTHING LIKE
393
00:21:16,276 --> 00:21:19,079
THAT
>> SHE DIDN'T NEED TO SAY
394
00:21:19,079 --> 00:21:21,414
ANYTHING LIKE THAT
THAT WAS SO EVIDENT.
395
00:21:21,414 --> 00:21:23,616
IT WAS SO OBVIOUS.
>> Reporter: WHAT HAD BECOME
396
00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:26,086
OBVIOUS TO DETECTIVE WARREN AND
HIS TEAM WAS THAT ASHLEY'S CLAIM
397
00:21:26,086 --> 00:21:28,254
OF SELF-DEFENSE WAS FULL OF
HOLES.
398
00:21:28,254 --> 00:21:30,290
YOU'RE SEEING THIS CASE SHIFTING
FROM SELF-DEFENSE TO MURDER?
399
00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:32,192
>> YES, MA'AM.
ABSOLUTELY
400
00:21:32,192 --> 00:21:52,946
>> Reporter: AFTER A TWO-MONTH
INVESTIGATION, DETECTIVE WARREN
401
00:21:52,946 --> 00:21:56,783
HAD REACHED A STARK CONCLUSION
ABOUT ASHLEY
402
00:21:56,783 --> 00:21:59,853
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE
COMPLAINTS
403
00:21:59,853 --> 00:22:02,188
EVERYTHING'S UNFOUNDED
SHE JUST WAS NOT BELIEVABLE IN
404
00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:04,324
ANYTHING THAT SHE WAS SAYING,
MAKING THESE BASELESS
405
00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:06,459
ACCUSATIONS --
>> Reporter: MM-HMM.
406
00:22:06,459 --> 00:22:09,195
>> -- AGAINST DOUG
>> Reporter: AND INVESTIGATORS
407
00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:11,364
WERE NOT BUYING HER CLAIM OF
SELF- DEFENSE.
408
00:22:11,364 --> 00:22:14,067
IN NOVEMBER 2020, SHE WAS
ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH
409
00:22:14,067 --> 00:22:16,803
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
SOME MEDIA STARTED CALLING HER
410
00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:19,706
"THE BLACK SWAN" AFTER THE MOVIE
ABOUT A DIABOLICAL BALLERINA
411
00:22:19,706 --> 00:22:24,811
PEOPLE ARE CALLING ASHLEY THIS
DARK BALLERINA WHO WAS A
412
00:22:24,811 --> 00:22:27,981
MANIPULATIVE, COLD-BLOODED
KILLER
413
00:22:27,981 --> 00:22:31,418
>> IF IT WASN'T SO SERIOUS, I
WOULD BE LAUGHING.
414
00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:33,920
THERE'S JUST NOTHING ABOUT THAT
THAT'S TRUE BY ANYBODY WHO KNOWS
415
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,724
HER.
>> Reporter: DOUG'S DAUGHTER EVA
416
00:22:37,724 --> 00:22:40,460
WAS CONVINCED ASHLEY MURDERED
HER DAD.
417
00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:43,697
AND AS THE PUBLICITY AROUND THE
CASE GREW, SHE DECIDED TO LET
418
00:22:43,697 --> 00:22:46,366
THE WORLD KNOW
>> AS YOU ALL KNOW, ASHLEY
419
00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:49,602
KILLED MY DAD.
>> Reporter: SHE TURNED TO
420
00:22:49,602 --> 00:22:52,839
TIKTOK
HER VIDEOS, DRIPPING WITH
421
00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:56,109
SARCASM AND DARK HUMOR, RACKED
UP TENS OF MILLIONS OF VIEWS
422
00:22:56,109 --> 00:22:58,244
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE THE LAST
423
00:22:58,244 --> 00:23:01,448
FEW WEEKS.
>> Reporter: ASHLEY HAD
424
00:23:01,448 --> 00:23:03,583
SUPPORTERS TOO
AND WHEN HER TRIAL STARTED IN
425
00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:07,354
JULY OF 2024, THEY CAME OUT IN
FORCE.
426
00:23:07,354 --> 00:23:10,623
MARCHING NEAR THE COURTHOUSE
>> END THE WITCH HUNT.
427
00:23:10,623 --> 00:23:13,893
>> Reporter: HER DAUGHTER
EMERSON, NOW 6 YEARS OLD, WAS
428
00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:17,197
FRONT AND CENTER
>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THE THING
429
00:23:17,197 --> 00:23:20,333
THAT WAS THE MOST CONCERNING WAS
THAT THE DAUGHTER WAS OUT BEING
430
00:23:20,333 --> 00:23:22,969
DISPLAYED ON THIS PICKET LINE,
WHATEVER YOU WOULD CALL IT
431
00:23:22,969 --> 00:23:25,672
>> Reporter: WELL, THAT'S YOUR
NIECE.
432
00:23:25,672 --> 00:23:28,341
>> THAT'S MY NIECE
SHE'S HOLDING UP A PICKET SIGN
433
00:23:28,341 --> 00:23:31,077
PUT OUT THERE BY ADULTS.
>> Reporter: ASSISTANT STATE
434
00:23:31,077 --> 00:23:34,814
ATTORNEYS SUZANNE O'DONNELL AND
REBECCA FREEL KNEW SOME JURORS
435
00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:39,152
MIGHT SYMPATHIZE WITH ASHLEY
WOULD YOU SAY IT WOULD BE YOUR
436
00:23:39,152 --> 00:23:43,089
BIGGEST CHALLENGE COMBATING
ASHLEY'S VERSION THAT SHE'S A
437
00:23:43,089 --> 00:23:49,462
VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
AND PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE
438
00:23:49,462 --> 00:23:52,665
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
>> 100%.
439
00:23:52,665 --> 00:23:55,368
THAT WAS THE MAIN DIFFICULTY
>> I THINK AN AVERAGE PERSON
440
00:23:55,368 --> 00:23:58,571
WANTS TO BELIEVE WHEN SOMEBODY
SAYS THEY'RE A VICTIM, THAT THEY
441
00:23:58,571 --> 00:24:01,274
ARE IN FACT A VICTIM
>> READY TO GO
442
00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:04,044
LET'S BRING THE JURY IN.
>> Reporter: THE CASE WAS ALMOST
443
00:24:04,044 --> 00:24:06,112
ENTIRELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
AND IN FLORIDA, ASHLEY'S FATE
444
00:24:06,112 --> 00:24:09,916
WOULD BE DECIDED BY SIX JURORS
WOULD THEY THINK SHE WAS A
445
00:24:09,916 --> 00:24:12,619
DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIM OR A LIAR?
>> THERE WERE ALSO OTHER
446
00:24:12,619 --> 00:24:16,356
COMPLAINTS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
COMPLAINTS
447
00:24:16,356 --> 00:24:19,192
>> Reporter: IN OPENING
STATEMENTS, PROSECUTORS SAID AT
448
00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:21,795
TIMES DOUG HAD ANGER ISSUES, BUT
HE NEVER PHYSICALLY HARMED
449
00:24:21,795 --> 00:24:24,064
ASHLEY
>> NOT ONCE DID SHE EVER SAY HE
450
00:24:24,064 --> 00:24:27,767
CHOKED HER, KICKED HER, ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
451
00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:30,970
>> Reporter: THERE'S THINGS YOU
CAN'T ESCAPE, THAT HE'S NOT A
452
00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:34,941
SAINT.
>> RIGHT
453
00:24:34,941 --> 00:24:38,078
YES, HE WAS DEFINITELY NOT A
SAINT.
454
00:24:38,078 --> 00:24:40,747
YOU ARE CORRECT.
BUT DID -- THAT DAY, WHEN THAT
455
00:24:40,747 --> 00:24:43,483
HAPPENED, DID HE DO SOMETHING
THAT REQUIRED DEADLY FORCE
456
00:24:43,483 --> 00:24:46,720
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO
FOCUS ON
457
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,922
>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS HAD TO
CONVINCE JURORS ASHLEY'S LIFE
458
00:24:48,922 --> 00:24:52,692
WAS NOT IN DANGER THAT NIGHT
THEIR THEORY -- SHE SHOT DOUG
459
00:24:52,692 --> 00:24:55,962
BECAUSE SHE WAS DESPERATE TO
HAVE EMERSON TO HERSELF, FEARFUL
460
00:24:55,962 --> 00:24:59,199
SHE MIGHT LOSE HER
>> THIS WAS A CUSTODY BATTLE
461
00:24:59,199 --> 00:25:01,868
THAT THIS MOTHER WAS GOING TO
WIN AT ALL COSTS, AND THE COST
462
00:25:01,868 --> 00:25:04,604
WAS THE LIFE OF DOUG BENEFIELD
AND THAT IS MURDER
463
00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:07,807
>> Reporter: JURORS LEARNED
ASHLEY FIRED FOUR SHOTS AT DOUG,
464
00:25:07,807 --> 00:25:10,543
WITH TWO HITTING HIM
THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER
465
00:25:10,543 --> 00:25:14,381
TESTIFIED THE FATAL BULLET
ENTERED DOUG'S SIDE, NOT HIS
466
00:25:14,381 --> 00:25:17,617
FRONT, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT IF HE
WERE ATTACKING HER
467
00:25:17,617 --> 00:25:21,254
>> Reporter: IT ENTERED HERE AND
LANDED HERE.
468
00:25:21,254 --> 00:25:24,457
SO IT WAS BASICALLY SIDE TO
SIDE
469
00:25:24,457 --> 00:25:27,761
SO HE WAS NOT COMING AT HER
CHEST-FIRST.
470
00:25:27,761 --> 00:25:31,464
>> Reporter: DOUG'S DAUGHTER EVA
TESTIFIED ASHLEY WAS SOMETIMES
471
00:25:31,464 --> 00:25:35,201
VOLATILE, BLOWING UP IF SHE
DIDN'T GET HER WAY
472
00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:38,538
>> OVER TIME, SHE TRIED TO
REPRIMAND ME A LITTLE BIT MORE
473
00:25:38,538 --> 00:25:41,675
AND KIND OF STEP INTO A MOTHERLY
ROLE
474
00:25:41,675 --> 00:25:45,278
AND I DID NOT LIKE THAT BECAUSE
IT WAS SO SHORT AFTER MY MOM
475
00:25:45,278 --> 00:25:48,281
PASSED AWAY.
>> WHENEVER SHE HAD A
476
00:25:48,281 --> 00:25:51,418
DISAGREEMENT WITH YOU, HOW WOULD
SHE ACT?
477
00:25:51,418 --> 00:25:54,688
>> IT WAS ALMOST TEMPER
TANTRUM-LIKE
478
00:25:54,688 --> 00:25:57,924
>> Reporter: DETECTIVE
CHRIS GILLUM WORKED IN THE
479
00:25:57,924 --> 00:26:00,560
SHERIFF'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
UNIT
480
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,296
HE'D BEEN ASSIGNED ASHLEY'S
CASE
481
00:26:03,296 --> 00:26:06,032
>> SHE STARTED CONTACTING ME ON
A REGULAR BASIS.
482
00:26:06,032 --> 00:26:09,302
>> Reporter: HE TESTIFIED HOW
ASHLEY CALLED HIM DOZENS OF
483
00:26:09,302 --> 00:26:11,404
TIMES OVER A THREE MONTH PERIOD.
ON ONE CALL, SHE DEMANDED DOUG
484
00:26:11,404 --> 00:26:14,207
BE ARRESTED AT AN UPCOMING
FAMILY COURT HEARING
485
00:26:14,207 --> 00:26:16,276
>> SHE ASKED FOR ME TO ARREST
DOUG WHEN HE CAME INSIDE THE
486
00:26:16,276 --> 00:26:18,378
COURTROOM IN FRONT OF THE
PRESIDING JUDGE.
487
00:26:18,378 --> 00:26:20,513
>> OKAY.
AND WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO
488
00:26:20,513 --> 00:26:23,216
THAT
>> THAT THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY
489
00:26:23,216 --> 00:26:25,952
NOT OCCUR.
SHE WAS UPSET, AND AT THAT
490
00:26:25,952 --> 00:26:28,688
POINT -- I WOULD CALL IT A
DRAMATIC CRY --
491
00:26:28,688 --> 00:26:32,192
HYSTERICAL CRYING STARTED
HAPPENING.
492
00:26:32,192 --> 00:26:34,661
AND SHE MADE A COMMENT THAT
SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT -- "IF
493
00:26:34,661 --> 00:26:37,364
THE JUDGE SEES YOU ARREST HIM,
THIS WILL HELP ME KEEP MY BABY."
494
00:26:37,364 --> 00:26:40,266
>> Reporter: WHEN THE DETECTIVE
TOLD ASHLEY HE HAD NO REASON TO
495
00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:43,303
ARREST DOUG, HE SAID SHE
PERSISTED.
496
00:26:43,303 --> 00:26:46,172
>> SHE LET OUT, LIKE, A SCREECH
OR A HIGH-PITCHED SCREAM AND
497
00:26:46,172 --> 00:26:48,842
SAYS, "I'LL DO WHATEVER I HAVE
TO DO TO KEEP MY BABY, YOU
498
00:26:48,842 --> 00:26:51,911
A-HOLE."
>> Reporter: DID THAT INCLUDE
499
00:26:51,911 --> 00:26:54,080
SHOOTING DOUG BENEFIELD?
THE DEFENSE WAS READY TO FIGHT
500
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,249
BACK WITH A BOLD MOVE.
>> DEFENSE CALLS
501
00:26:56,249 --> 00:26:59,085
ASHLEY BENEFIELD
>> Reporter: ASHLEY, FOR THE
502
00:26:59,085 --> 00:27:01,621
FIRST TIME, WAS FINALLY READY TO
TELL HER STORY AND SHARE HER
503
00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:09,729
SECRETS.
>> DOUG WAS STANDING IN THE
504
00:27:09,729 --> 00:27:13,033
DOORWAY.
HIS FACE WAS RED
505
00:27:13,033 --> 00:27:15,268
HIS VEINS WERE BULGING IN HIS
NECK
506
00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:33,853
>> Reporter: ASHLEY BENEFIELD'S
507
00:27:33,853 --> 00:27:36,523
ATTORNEY NEIL TAYLOR STEPPED UP
TO THE PODIUM TO DELIVER HIS
508
00:27:36,523 --> 00:27:39,192
OPENING STATEMENT.
HIS OBJECTIVE -- TO TURN THE
509
00:27:39,192 --> 00:27:43,496
TRIAL ON ITS HEAD.
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME STRONG
510
00:27:43,496 --> 00:27:46,866
WORDS ABOUT DOUGLAS BENEFIELD,
THE ALLEGED VICTIM
511
00:27:46,866 --> 00:27:50,503
>> Reporter: YOU SAY HE'S AN
ALLEGED VICTIM
512
00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:55,275
>> CORRECT
I BELIEVE HE WAS THE INSTIGATOR.
513
00:27:55,275 --> 00:27:58,078
I BELIEVE HE WAS THE ONE WHO PUT
ASHLEY IN THE POSITION THAT
514
00:27:58,078 --> 00:28:01,815
COMPELLED HER TO RESORT TO
SELF-DEFENSE AND USE DEADLY
515
00:28:01,815 --> 00:28:04,484
FORCE.
>> Reporter: TO BACK UP HIS
516
00:28:04,484 --> 00:28:07,187
CLAIM, HE CALLED THIS CLINICAL
SOCIAL WORKER WHO COUNSELLED
517
00:28:07,187 --> 00:28:10,457
DOUG AND ASHLEY IN 2020.
>> DOUG OCCURRED AS SOMEONE WHO
518
00:28:10,457 --> 00:28:14,260
WAS DOMINEERING AND SUPER
CONTROLLING.
519
00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:18,031
HE WOULD FIT THE STEREOTYPE OF
AN ALPHA MALE.
520
00:28:18,031 --> 00:28:21,201
>> Reporter: TAYLOR THEN
ATTACKED WHAT THE STATE SAID WAS
521
00:28:21,201 --> 00:28:25,038
ASHLEY'S MOTIVE.
HE CHALLENGED DETECTIVE GILLUM'S
522
00:28:25,038 --> 00:28:29,309
TESTIMONY, SPECIFICALLY THAT
ASHLEY SAID SHE'D DO WHATEVER
523
00:28:29,309 --> 00:28:33,113
SHE HAD TO TO KEEP HER BABY.
GILLUM ADMITTED THAT WASN'T IN
524
00:28:33,113 --> 00:28:37,384
HIS ORIGINAL REPORT CITING
ASHLEY'S COMPLAINTS.
525
00:28:37,384 --> 00:28:41,855
IT WAS ONLY AFTER DOUG WAS
KILLED, MORE THAN TWO YEARS
526
00:28:41,855 --> 00:28:46,826
LATER, THAT GILLUM DOCUMENTED
IT
527
00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:49,729
>> 2 1/2 YEARS LATER, YOU
REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF THE
528
00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:52,932
CONVERSATION
>> ABSOLUTELY.
529
00:28:52,932 --> 00:28:56,202
>> AND EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID,
QUOTES
530
00:28:56,202 --> 00:28:59,172
YOU QUOTE HER.
>> YES
531
00:28:59,172 --> 00:29:02,142
>> Reporter: THE DEFENSE KNEW IT
WOULD NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT WENT
532
00:29:02,142 --> 00:29:04,310
ON INSIDE THAT HOUSE THE NIGHT
OF THE SHOOTING.
533
00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:07,047
BUT THE ONLY LIVING EYE WITNESS
HAD BARELY SAID A WORD
534
00:29:07,047 --> 00:29:09,716
>> DEFENSE CALLS
ASHLEY BENEFIELD
535
00:29:09,716 --> 00:29:11,851
>> Reporter: UNTIL ASHLEY ROSE
TO BREAK HER FOUR-YEAR SILENCE
536
00:29:11,851 --> 00:29:14,554
AND TESTIFY IN HER OWN DEFENSE
THIS IS THE BIG MOMENT IN THE
537
00:29:14,554 --> 00:29:17,791
TRIAL.
>> I THINK SO.
538
00:29:17,791 --> 00:29:20,493
>> Reporter: ASHLEY GETTING UP
ON THAT STAND AND RAISING HER
539
00:29:20,493 --> 00:29:23,697
RIGHT HAND
>> YES
540
00:29:23,697 --> 00:29:26,900
I THOUGHT IT, UH, WOULD BE A
MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENT
541
00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:30,170
>> Reporter: NEIL TAYLOR
INTRODUCED THE JURY TO A
542
00:29:30,170 --> 00:29:33,373
DIFFERENT ASHLEY FROM THE ONE
THE STATE HAD JUST PORTRAYED
543
00:29:33,373 --> 00:29:37,143
>> I BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE
OF KINDNESS AND COMPASSION
544
00:29:37,143 --> 00:29:40,947
>> Reporter: HE THEN JUMPED
RIGHT IN TO HER RELATIONSHIP
545
00:29:40,947 --> 00:29:45,785
WITH DOUG.
>> DESCRIBE FOR US THE MAN YOU
546
00:29:45,785 --> 00:29:51,157
THOUGHT YOU'D MARRIED?
>> HE WAS VERY LOVING AND
547
00:29:51,157 --> 00:29:55,061
ATTENTIVE.
WE LAUGHED A LOT
548
00:29:55,061 --> 00:30:00,367
AND HE MADE ME FEEL VERY SPECIAL
AND LOVED.
549
00:30:00,367 --> 00:30:07,374
>> Reporter: ASHLEY SAID IT
WASN'T LONG BEFORE CRACKS
550
00:30:07,374 --> 00:30:13,113
STARTED APPEARING IN DOUG'S
CHARMING, SWEET VENEER
551
00:30:13,113 --> 00:30:15,582
>> HE STARTED BECOMING VERY,
LIKE, CONTROLLING AND
552
00:30:15,582 --> 00:30:19,252
POSSESSIVE
HE STARTED CRITICIZING
553
00:30:19,252 --> 00:30:24,090
EVERYTHING ABOUT ME, LIKE THE
WAY I WOULD WEAR MY HAIR OR DID
554
00:30:24,090 --> 00:30:26,826
MY MAKEUP OR THE WAY I DRESSED
>> Reporter: ASHLEY TOLD THE
555
00:30:26,826 --> 00:30:29,596
JURORS DOUG'S ABUSE CONTINUED
AND ESCALATED.
556
00:30:29,596 --> 00:30:32,932
>> HE THREW A CHAIR AT ME.
HE ACCUSED ME OF HAVING A THING
557
00:30:32,932 --> 00:30:36,002
FOR THE PASTOR AND HE SAID I WAS
A SLUT AND A WHORE
558
00:30:36,002 --> 00:30:40,306
>> Reporter: SHE NEXT DESCRIBED
A TERRIFYING MOMENT WHILE SHE
559
00:30:40,306 --> 00:30:44,077
AND DOUG WERE STILL LIVING
TOGETHER IN CHARLESTON
560
00:30:44,077 --> 00:30:47,313
>> WE WERE HAVING A -- AN
ARGUMENT, AND IT STARTED GETTING
561
00:30:47,313 --> 00:30:50,483
REALLY OUT OF HAND
HE -- HE PULLED A GUN OUT AND HE
562
00:30:50,483 --> 00:30:53,186
WAS, LIKE, WAVING IT AROUND.
AND HE PULLED THE TRIGGER, AND
563
00:30:53,186 --> 00:31:00,760
HE SHOT A HOLE IN THE CEILING,
IN THE KITCHEN
564
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:06,199
>> Reporter: ASHLEY TESTIFIED
SHE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD
565
00:31:06,199 --> 00:31:09,135
SEEN DOUG'S DARK SIDE, THAT
THERE WAS A PATTERN TO HIS
566
00:31:09,135 --> 00:31:12,706
ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR
JUST A FEW MONTHS INTO THEIR
567
00:31:12,706 --> 00:31:15,375
MARRIAGE, SHE FOUND DISTURBING
TEXT MESSAGES ON ONE OF DOUG'S
568
00:31:15,375 --> 00:31:18,111
OLD CELL PHONES.
THE TEXTS WERE FROM HIS LATE
569
00:31:18,111 --> 00:31:21,881
WIFE RENEE
>> "I LOVED YOU, THOUGH FINDING
570
00:31:21,881 --> 00:31:25,151
OUT YOU WEREN'T REALLY WHAT YOU
PRETENDED TO BE.
571
00:31:25,151 --> 00:31:28,988
YOU KICKING ME SO HARD ON NEW
YEAR'S EVE ON OUR HONEYMOON.
572
00:31:28,988 --> 00:31:32,192
DOUG'S PRIOR WIFE ACCUSED HIM OF
BEING VIOLENT.
573
00:31:32,192 --> 00:31:35,929
IT MIRRORED THE ALLEGATIONS THAT
ASHLEY HAD MADE ABOUT DOUG
574
00:31:35,929 --> 00:31:39,699
>> Reporter: THE DEFENSE THEN
MOVED ON TO THE MOMENT EVERYONE
575
00:31:39,699 --> 00:31:42,969
HAD BEEN WAITING FOR
WHAT WOULD ASHLEY SAY ABOUT THE
576
00:31:42,969 --> 00:31:45,939
NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING?
SHE EXPLAINED THAT DOUG WAS WITH
577
00:31:45,939 --> 00:31:48,408
HER AT HER MOTHER'S HOUSE,
GETTING READY FOR THE MOVE TO
578
00:31:48,408 --> 00:31:51,678
MARYLAND, AND THAT HIS MOOD
CHANGED WHEN THEY GOT INTO AN
579
00:31:51,678 --> 00:31:54,948
ARGUMENT OVER HOW TO PACK THE
TRUCK.
580
00:31:54,948 --> 00:31:57,617
>> AND HE, UH, GOT REALLY
OFFENDED AND UPSET
581
00:31:57,617 --> 00:32:00,653
>> Reporter: ASHLEY TOLD THE
JURY THAT SHE TRIED TO GET DOUG
582
00:32:00,653 --> 00:32:03,556
TO LEAVE, BUT IT ONLY MADE
MATTERS WORSE.
583
00:32:03,556 --> 00:32:06,359
>> AND HE STARTED SCREAMING AT
ME
584
00:32:06,359 --> 00:32:09,629
HE SAID, "SHUT THE -- UP."
HE SAID, "I DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE.
585
00:32:09,629 --> 00:32:12,298
I CAN STAY."
>> Reporter: SO ASHLEY SAID SHE
586
00:32:12,298 --> 00:32:15,568
TRIED TO LEAVE BUT DOUG WOULDN'T
LET HER.
587
00:32:15,568 --> 00:32:18,672
>> HE SAID, "WHERE THE -- DO YOU
THINK YOU'RE GOING?"
588
00:32:18,672 --> 00:32:21,408
>> THEN WHAT HAPPENS
>> HE HIT ME IN THE SIDE OF THE
589
00:32:21,408 --> 00:32:24,644
HEAD
>> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE FLED
590
00:32:24,644 --> 00:32:28,214
TO HER BEDROOM TO ESCAPE
>> WHY
591
00:32:28,214 --> 00:32:32,752
>> BECAUSE I WAS SCARED.
>> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR
592
00:32:32,752 --> 00:32:37,557
ROOM THAT COULD PROTECT YOU?
>> I HAD MY GUN.
593
00:32:37,557 --> 00:32:40,760
>> DID YOU GRAB THE GUN?
>> YES
594
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:45,098
HIS FACE WAS RED
LIKE, THE VEINS WERE BULGING IN
595
00:32:45,098 --> 00:32:48,268
HIS NECK
THE WAY HE WAS LOOKING AT ME, IT
596
00:32:48,268 --> 00:32:57,477
DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE DOUG
HIS EYES WERE BLACK.
597
00:32:57,477 --> 00:33:01,281
HE SAID, "YOU'RE -- DONE."
HE STARTED COMING TOWARDS ME,
598
00:33:01,281 --> 00:33:05,518
AND THEN HE LUNGED AT ME
AND I STARTED PULLING THE
599
00:33:05,518 --> 00:33:08,788
TRIGGER.
>> ASHLEY, TELL THE LADIES AND
600
00:33:08,788 --> 00:33:14,694
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY WHY YOU
SHOT DOUG?
601
00:33:14,694 --> 00:33:19,065
>> I WAS SCARED TO DEATH
UH, I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA KILL
602
00:33:19,065 --> 00:33:23,870
ME
>> AS YOU SIT HERE TODAY,
603
00:33:23,870 --> 00:33:28,708
ASHLEY, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED?
604
00:33:28,708 --> 00:33:32,512
>> HORRIBLE.
HE'S THE FATHER OF MY CHILD.
605
00:33:32,512 --> 00:33:41,121
>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU THINK
SHE DID?
606
00:33:41,121 --> 00:33:45,492
>> I THOUGHT SHE DID, UH,
WONDERFUL.
607
00:33:45,492 --> 00:33:49,162
ASHLEY SUCCESSFULLY CONVEYED HOW
VOLATILE HE WAS, HOW FEARFUL SHE
608
00:33:49,162 --> 00:33:51,331
WAS.
>> Reporter: ASHLEY TOOK SOME
609
00:33:51,331 --> 00:33:54,000
TIME TO COMPOSE HERSELF.
BUT SHE WASN'T DONE.
610
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,136
SHE WAS ABOUT TO FACE A MUCH
MORE HOSTILE INQUISITOR.
611
00:33:56,136 --> 00:33:58,271
>> AND HE STARTED INCHING
FORWARD TOWARDS ME
612
00:33:58,271 --> 00:33:59,873
>> WELL, SHOW ME
613
00:34:17,257 --> 00:34:19,392
>> Reporter: ASHLEY BENEFIELD
614
00:34:19,392 --> 00:34:22,662
HAD JUST SPENT TWO EMOTIONAL
HOURS ON THE STAND BEING
615
00:34:22,662 --> 00:34:25,899
QUESTIONED BY HER ATTORNEY
PROSECUTOR SUZANNE O'DONNELL
616
00:34:25,899 --> 00:34:29,135
DIDN'T BUY IT.
>> I DIDN'T BELIEVE MOST OF WHAT
617
00:34:29,135 --> 00:34:32,906
SHE SAID
I THOUGHT A LOT OF IT WAS
618
00:34:32,906 --> 00:34:36,209
EXAGGERATED.
SHE ACTED EMOTIONAL ABOUT THINGS
619
00:34:36,209 --> 00:34:39,412
THAT I DIDN'T.
IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM GENUINE TO
620
00:34:39,412 --> 00:34:42,916
ME
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS YOUR GOAL
621
00:34:42,916 --> 00:34:45,385
CROSS-EXAMINING HER?
>> HOPEFULLY GET THE JURY TO SEE
622
00:34:45,385 --> 00:34:48,588
WHAT I SAW
I ALSO WANTED THEM TO FOCUS ON
623
00:34:48,588 --> 00:34:51,858
WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT ROOM
>> Reporter: BUT FIRST O'DONNELL
624
00:34:51,858 --> 00:34:54,561
NEEDED TO CONVINCE JURORS THAT
IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE
625
00:34:54,561 --> 00:34:57,263
SHOOTING, ASHLEY HAD NO REASON
TO FEAR DOUG
626
00:34:57,263 --> 00:35:01,534
>> DURING THIS TIME YOU'RE
PLANNING TO MOVE TO MARYLAND,
627
00:35:01,534 --> 00:35:03,670
UM, THERE'S NO VIOLENCE GOING
ON
628
00:35:03,670 --> 00:35:06,940
>> UM, NO.
>> HE'S NOT HITTING YOU.
629
00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:10,677
>> NO, MA'AM
>> HE'S NOT CHOKING YOU?
630
00:35:10,677 --> 00:35:18,284
>> NO, MA'AM
>> HE'S NOT SHOVING YOU AROUND
631
00:35:18,284 --> 00:35:22,555
>> NO, MA'AM
>> I WANNA GET TO THE NIGHT THAT
632
00:35:22,555 --> 00:35:25,859
ALL THIS HAPPENED.
YOU KNEW DOUG WAS COMING OVER?
633
00:35:25,859 --> 00:35:29,062
>> YES
>> YOU INVITED HIM OVER.
634
00:35:29,062 --> 00:35:32,298
>> YES
>> YOU WEREN'T CONCERNED ABOUT
635
00:35:32,298 --> 00:35:35,068
HIM COMING OVER?
>> UH, NO, I KNEW HE WAS COMING
636
00:35:35,068 --> 00:35:38,204
OVER
>> YOU WEREN'T SO AFRAID THAT
637
00:35:38,204 --> 00:35:40,907
YOU WANTED YOUR MOTHER TO STAY
THERE AND WATCH?
638
00:35:40,907 --> 00:35:44,110
>> UM, NO, WE WERE JUST PACKING
TO MOVE.
639
00:35:44,110 --> 00:35:47,914
>> OKAY.
SO YOU WEREN'T AFRAID?
640
00:35:47,914 --> 00:35:50,684
>> I DEFINITELY DIDN'T EXPECT
THIS TO HAPPEN
641
00:35:50,684 --> 00:35:53,286
>> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR THEN
MOVED ON TO THE MOMENTS RIGHT
642
00:35:53,286 --> 00:35:55,455
BEFORE ASHLEY PULLED THE
TRIGGER.
643
00:35:55,455 --> 00:35:58,124
>> YOU SAY HE SLAPPED YOU?
>> HE -- HE HIT ME
644
00:35:58,124 --> 00:36:00,794
>> WAS HIS HAND OPEN OR CLOSED
>> I DON'T REMEMBER.
645
00:36:00,794 --> 00:36:03,463
>> AND BECAUSE OF THE -- THOSE
THINGS, YOU CLAIMED THAT YOU
646
00:36:03,463 --> 00:36:06,199
THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA KILL YOU?
>> HE HAD NEVER HIT ME BEFORE.
647
00:36:06,199 --> 00:36:09,402
HE WOULDN'T LET ME LEAVE
I TRIED TO LEAVE
648
00:36:09,402 --> 00:36:14,240
HE STOPPED ME.
>> THE -- THE QUESTION IS, YOU
649
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:18,578
THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA KILL YOU?
>> YEAH.
650
00:36:18,578 --> 00:36:21,815
>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS SAY
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THEY FELT
651
00:36:21,815 --> 00:36:24,050
SOMETHING WAS MISSING FROM
ASHLEY'S SHAKING AND SOBBING ON
652
00:36:24,050 --> 00:36:26,152
THE STAND.
>> I KEPT ASKING HER
653
00:36:26,152 --> 00:36:29,389
I SAID, "I DON'T SEE ANY TEARS
DO YOU SEE ANY TEARS?"
654
00:36:29,389 --> 00:36:31,558
>> Reporter: O'DONNELL DIDN'T
MENTION IT IN COURT.
655
00:36:31,558 --> 00:36:34,394
INSTEAD SHE TRIED A MORE SUBTLE
WAY TO BRING IT TO THE JURY'S
656
00:36:34,394 --> 00:36:37,597
ATTENTION.
>> CAN WE TURN THE LIGHTS UP,
657
00:36:37,597 --> 00:36:39,432
PLEASE
>> Reporter: YOU HAD SOMEONE IN
658
00:36:39,432 --> 00:36:41,267
THE COURTROOM TURN THE LIGHTS
UP
659
00:36:41,267 --> 00:36:43,436
>> OH, YES
I -- I DID DO THAT
660
00:36:43,436 --> 00:36:45,605
>> Reporter: I MEAN, THAT'S --
WOW.
661
00:36:45,605 --> 00:36:47,307
>> WELL, I -
>> Reporter: I HAVE NEVER HEARD
662
00:36:47,307 --> 00:36:49,342
THAT BEFORE IN ANY OF THE CASES
THAT I'VE COVERED ON "DATELINE."
663
00:36:49,342 --> 00:36:51,511
AND DID SHE HAVE ANY TEARS
>> NO.
664
00:36:51,511 --> 00:36:53,246
>> NO.
>> NOT ONE
665
00:36:53,246 --> 00:36:56,883
>> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR THEN
ASKED ASHLEY TO STEP OFF THE
666
00:36:56,883 --> 00:36:59,619
STAND AND REENACT WHAT SHE SAID
COMPELLED HER TO USE DEADLY
667
00:36:59,619 --> 00:37:03,390
FORCE.
>> AND HE STARTED, LIKE, INCHING
668
00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:06,026
FORWARD TOWARDS ME
>> WELL, SHOW ME
669
00:37:06,026 --> 00:37:08,461
WHAT WAS HE DOING?
>> AND, LIKE, I KNOW HE GOT LIKE
670
00:37:08,461 --> 00:37:10,864
THIS
I MEAN, WAS, LIKE, MAKING, LIKE,
671
00:37:10,864 --> 00:37:12,499
FIGHTING MOTIONS
I WAS JUST -- I DON'T KNOW
672
00:37:12,499 --> 00:37:14,701
I'M NOT A FIGHTER.
I DON'T KNOW
673
00:37:14,701 --> 00:37:16,836
>> OKAY.
>> IT WAS SCARY.
674
00:37:16,836 --> 00:37:19,572
>> DID HE HAVE HIS HANDS IN
FISTS?
675
00:37:19,572 --> 00:37:21,708
>> NOT AT THAT POINT
THEY WERE LIKE -- LIKE, I -- I
676
00:37:21,708 --> 00:37:24,444
DON'T KNOW
>> WAS HE COMING AT YOU LIKE
677
00:37:24,444 --> 00:37:26,546
THIS
>> AND HE LUNGED AT ME
678
00:37:26,546 --> 00:37:29,249
HE CAME VERY QUICKLY
>> OKAY.
679
00:37:29,249 --> 00:37:31,384
SO HE LUNGED
WAS HIS FIST UP WHEN HE LUNGED
680
00:37:31,384 --> 00:37:33,486
>> I DON'T REMEMBER.
>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU THINK
681
00:37:33,486 --> 00:37:36,222
SHE DID WITH THE REENACTMENT
>> THIS WAS THE ONE TIME TO TELL
682
00:37:36,222 --> 00:37:38,591
EVERYONE WHAT SCARED YOU SO
BADLY THAT YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD
683
00:37:38,591 --> 00:37:41,628
TO TAKE THIS MAN'S LIFE.
AND WE GOT HARDLY ANY
684
00:37:41,628 --> 00:37:46,499
INFORMATION.
>> Reporter: IN HER CLOSING,
685
00:37:46,499 --> 00:37:50,303
SUZANNE O'DONNELL ASKED THE JURY
NOT TO BE SWAYED BY ASHLEY'S
686
00:37:50,303 --> 00:37:52,972
PERFORMANCE.
>> DID YOU EVER SEE ONE TEAR
687
00:37:52,972 --> 00:38:04,884
COME OUT OF HER EYES
DID YOU EVER SEE ONE DROP OF
688
00:38:04,884 --> 00:38:07,587
LIQUID, ONE RED EYE, ONE SWOLLEN
EYE, THAT GOES TO HER
689
00:38:07,587 --> 00:38:10,423
CREDIBILITY?
>> I'VE PRESENTED TO YOU
690
00:38:10,423 --> 00:38:12,559
EVERYTHING THAT I POSSIBLY COULD
TO SHOW YOU THAT HER ACTION IN
691
00:38:12,559 --> 00:38:15,829
USING DEADLY FORCE WAS
REASONABLE
692
00:38:15,829 --> 00:38:18,598
>> Reporter: JURORS LEFT THE
COURTROOM TO DELIBERATE.
693
00:38:18,598 --> 00:38:21,234
THEY COULD FIND ASHELY GUILTY OF
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER,
694
00:38:21,234 --> 00:38:25,505
MANSLAUGHTER, OR THEY COULD SET
HER FREE
695
00:38:25,505 --> 00:38:28,174
SIX HOURS LATER, A NOTE TO THE
JUDGE.
696
00:38:28,174 --> 00:38:37,183
THE JURY WAS DEADLOCKED.
>> MEMBERS OF THE JURY, I'VE
697
00:38:37,183 --> 00:38:40,220
RECEIVED A NOTE FROM YOU THAT
SAYS, "UNABLE TO COME TO A
698
00:38:40,220 --> 00:38:42,288
UNANIMOUS VERDICT.
>> Reporter: YOU'VE PUT YOUR
699
00:38:42,288 --> 00:38:44,524
HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS CASE.
>> YES
700
00:38:44,524 --> 00:38:46,626
>> Reporter: AND THEN --
>> YES
701
00:38:46,626 --> 00:38:49,863
>> Reporter: -- YOU HEAR THAT.
>> IT WAS HEARTBREAKING, TO SAY
702
00:38:49,863 --> 00:38:52,599
THE LEAST, IF THEY WERE IN FACT
GOING TOWARDS BEING HUNG
703
00:38:52,599 --> 00:38:55,669
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEARS FOR
US WAS A MISTRIAL.
704
00:38:55,669 --> 00:38:59,272
>> Reporter: IT WAS 10:00 P.M.
THE JUDGE ASKED THE JURY TO KEEP
705
00:38:59,272 --> 00:39:01,808
TRYING
AND JUST ONE HOUR LATER, A
706
00:39:01,808 --> 00:39:04,010
VERDICT.
>> WE, THE JURY, FIND THE
707
00:39:04,010 --> 00:39:06,780
DEFENDANT IS GUILTY OF
MANSLAUGHTER, THE LESSER
708
00:39:06,780 --> 00:39:09,349
INCLUDED OFFENSE
>> Reporter: GUILTY OF
709
00:39:09,349 --> 00:39:12,085
MANSLAUGHTER
NOT GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE
710
00:39:12,085 --> 00:39:14,754
MURDER
WHAT'S ASHLEY'S REACTION IN THAT
711
00:39:14,754 --> 00:39:18,658
MOMENT
SHE FEELS CRUSHED.
712
00:39:18,658 --> 00:39:24,030
YOU'RE TALKING ALSO ABOUT A
MOTHER WITH A 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD
713
00:39:24,030 --> 00:39:26,733
>> Reporter: WAS JUSTICE
SERVED -
714
00:39:26,733 --> 00:39:28,835
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: -- WITH THIS
715
00:39:28,835 --> 00:39:31,037
VERDICT?
>> ABSOLUTELY WAS.
716
00:39:31,037 --> 00:39:33,707
>> Reporter: DAVID SAYS DOUG'S
DAUGHTER EVA FEELS THE SAME WAY.
717
00:39:33,707 --> 00:39:36,343
AFTER THE VERDICT, SHE SPOKE TO
REPORTERS OUTSIDE THE
718
00:39:36,343 --> 00:39:38,511
COURTHOUSE
>> I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE WOMEN
719
00:39:38,511 --> 00:39:41,247
WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE SITUATIONS.
720
00:39:41,247 --> 00:39:47,120
I THINK THAT WHAT ASHLEY WAS
DOING WAS UNFAIR TO THEM
721
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:54,160
THEY DESERVE JUSTICE, AND I'M
VERY HAPPY THAT MY DAD GOT THE
722
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:59,065
JUSTICE THAT HE DESERVES
>> Reporter: ASHLEY BENEFIELD
723
00:39:59,065 --> 00:40:02,168
LEFT THE COURTROOM IN HANDCUFFS.
THE FORMER BALLERINA WHO ONCE
724
00:40:02,168 --> 00:40:06,539
HAD BIG DREAMS NOW FACES UP TO
30 YEARS BEHIND BARS
725
00:40:06,539 --> 00:40:09,776
SHE WILL BE SENTENCED NEXT
MONTH.
726
00:40:09,776 --> 00:40:12,979
AS FOR EMERSON, NOW WITHOUT
EITHER PARENT, SHE'S BEING CARED
727
00:40:12,979 --> 00:40:17,317
FOR BY ASHLEY'S MOTHER
THE SAD IRONY, THE CUSTODY
728
00:40:17,317 --> 00:40:20,520
BATTLE CONTINUES
>> NO CHILD CAN GO FROM THEIR
729
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:24,791
MOTHER AND THEIR GRANDMOTHER TO
OUR FAMILY IN A SINGLE STEP.
730
00:40:24,791 --> 00:40:28,661
BUT WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE
CHILD'S LIFE
731
00:40:28,661 --> 00:40:31,798
>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD YOU TELL
HER ABOUT HER FATHER IF SHE WAS
732
00:40:31,798 --> 00:40:35,068
SOMEDAY WATCHING THIS?
>> I WOULD TELL HER THAT SHE,
733
00:40:35,068 --> 00:40:46,379
UH, HAD THE GREATEST DAD THAT
SHE COULD EVER HAVE IMAGINED AND
734
00:40:46,379 --> 00:40:49,783
THAT HE TRULY LOVED HER.
>>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION
735
00:40:49,783 --> 00:40:53,420
OF "DATELINE."
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736
00:40:53,420 --> 00:40:56,056
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737
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738
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739
00:41:01,428 --> 00:41:04,297
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