1 PART The “Black Swan Murder Trial” #scary #crime #crimegenre #shortshorts #creepy #crimesight

the trial of Ashley Benefield AKA The Black Swan murder trial has officially begun so let's break down the case and how the trial began in September 2020 then 28-year-old Ashley Benfield shot her estranged husband 58-year-old Douglas or dug Benfield to death in their home in Lakewood Ranch Florida Ashley a former ballerina and bikini model claims that Douglas who she had been married to for 4 years was abusive and had charged toward her she is claiming self-defense for the charges of second degree murder the two met when Douglas was a recent widower and they had a whirlwind 13-day romance before they got married daughter Eva was 15 years old when she lost her mother and then 9 months later he married Ashley and only told her about his new wife after they were already married they had been together for 6 years and they had a daughter together but in September 2020 Doug and Ashley had been in a custody battle for her and they had been separated