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Engineer with close ties to Fox News hosts stabbed to death in random attack in Texas park: report
NY Post ^ | Sep. 12, 2026, | By Daniel Cody

Posted on 09/12/2026 8:31:17 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A beloved Texas engineer who became close friends with Fox News stars Greg Gutfeld and Kat Timpf was murdered in an unprovoked attack while sitting on a park bench, police and reports said.

Andrew James Wimsatt, 62, of Austin, was slain Sept. 7 — just moments after sitting down in the park following a visit with his mother at her Round Rock nursing home, according to Fox News.

Williamson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 26-year-old Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu on murder and theft charges after surveillance cameras captured the brutal 11 a.m. attack.

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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: austin; chinedu; engineer; invasion; ogbodiegwu; random; stabbed; stabbing; texas; wimsatt
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The "I have a twin brother" defense. We live in sick times.
1 posted on 09/12/2026 8:31:17 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Attempted beheading.......sound familiar?......


2 posted on 09/12/2026 8:35:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Is Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu a Muslim?


3 posted on 09/12/2026 8:39:52 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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The middle and last name look African.

Muslim?

Possible - but, I am not an expert.

Aggravated murder - probably NOT a Christian.

4 posted on 09/12/2026 8:58:10 AM PDT by zeestephen (2024 Trump Landslide - Kamala Harris Lost By 230,000 Votes In WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
This was not a random assassination, this was a planned murder.
5 posted on 09/12/2026 8:58:35 AM PDT by Ronald77 ( )
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Get these murderous A$$holes either dead or to Gitmo then gone forever.

Americans are furious.

Screw the Courts! We are in a war with these Moose Limb cannibals!

Trump order military tribunals and try this guy within a month, and execute him!

Can't you see the country is overrun you old fool!

6 posted on 09/12/2026 9:00:09 AM PDT by caddie (Going forward we all need to become Trump, and also Captain Obvious, and Charlie Kirk too. )
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Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu


When did Biden let this scumbag into the country? Notice NO ONE in the commie media brings this story up. Imagine if a black man were sitting on a park bench and some random white guy came up from behind him and slit his throat, you would have Al Sharpton and all the rest of the dreck come out of the woodwork calling for riots, but for this story, NOT A PEEP


7 posted on 09/12/2026 9:04:34 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu


When did Biden let this scumbag into the country? Notice NO ONE in the commie media brings this story up. Imagine if a black man were sitting on a park bench and some random white guy came up from behind him and slit his throat, you would have Al Sharpton and all the rest of the dreck come out of the woodwork calling for riots, but for this story, NOT A PEEP


8 posted on 09/12/2026 9:05:26 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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This was not a random assassination, this was a planned murder.

Sounds more like a druggie trying to steal enough money for his next fix.

9 posted on 09/12/2026 9:08:34 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

He/his family are from Nigeria.

I can’t tell when they arrived.

Several PD calls to their home since 2017.


10 posted on 09/12/2026 10:01:08 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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No....he didn’t take any money/wallet.

Just your everyday, average hate crime against an innocent white person minding their own business.


11 posted on 09/12/2026 10:01:58 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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More here on Mr. Wimsatt and the kniwn wolf perp...

https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/beloved-texas-man-ambushed-savagely-stabbed-to-death-while-sitting-on-park-bench/amp/


12 posted on 09/12/2026 10:07:12 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, )
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To: ConservativeStatement

Just one of those random events.


13 posted on 09/12/2026 10:39:03 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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“Williamson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 26-year-old Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu on murder and theft charges after surveillance cameras captured the brutal 11 a.m. attack.”

There’s been a lot of complaining about the use of flock cameras. Because this one was used, they have a suspect in a brutal murder and film of the act.. And this is why they’re use is beneficial. Blaming them for a misuse by someone and taking them away is counter productive when used for a safety situation and is not very smart as it happens so little. There are far more attacks and murders than the misuse of the cameras. And the trade off is positive rather than negative.

wy69


14 posted on 09/12/2026 10:57:18 AM PDT by whitney69
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Perhaps.


15 posted on 09/12/2026 11:10:26 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: ArcadeQuarters
There must be some sort of pattern. It's a mystery.


16 posted on 09/12/2026 11:22:55 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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What is a ‘Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu?’


17 posted on 09/12/2026 11:23:37 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu

A waste of letters and pixels. A waste of all his parents efforts to raise him to be a good (Benedict--well spoken) man. A waste of taxpayer money since they will need to pay to try him and incarcerate him and actually feed him for 30 years until he is executed. He murdered a man and stole a life. Try him, convict him, send him to confession, quickly execute him.

18 posted on 09/12/2026 11:52:49 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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Nidal Malik Hasan

Murdered 13 people and injured 32 more at Fort Hood in 2009. The POS is STILL waiting for his execution.


19 posted on 09/12/2026 12:06:19 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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Texas needs to legally add “industrial chipper-shredder, with feed ramp coated in pork grease” as an optional execution method. State’s choice.


20 posted on 09/12/2026 12:44:26 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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