Doug Benefield
2020 high-profile mariticide and trial in Florida, U.S.
The Black Swan manslaughter case occurred in Lakewood Ranch, Manatee County, Florida, on September 27, 2020. Ashley Benefield (née Byers), a former ballerina was accused of the shooting mariticide of her estranged husband 58-year-old Douglas "Doug" Benefield. The murder trial is known by this name due to the defendant's former profession and in reference of 2010 film Black Swan. The murder and subsequent trial received national media attention. On September 27, 2020, Doug was found shot twice in Ashley's mother's house, he died in a hospital approximately an hour later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Swan_manslaughter_case
The Black Swan manslaughter case occurred in Lakewood Ranch, Manatee County, Florida, on September 27, 2020. Ashley Benefield (née Byers), a former ballerina was accused of the shooting mariticide of her estranged husband 58-year-old Douglas "Doug" Benefield. The murder trial is known by this name due to the defendant's former profession and in reference of 2010 film Black Swan. The murder and subsequent trial received national media attention. On September 27, 2020, Doug was found shot twice in Ashley's mother's house, he died in a hospital approximately an hour later.
