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Woman Charged in Lover’s 1996 Murder After Cops Get Anonymous Letter (Said Black Man Did It)
New York Post ^ | May 4, 2022 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 05/04/2022 12:19:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A woman who claimed an intruder busted into her California apartment and killed her boyfriend more than two decades ago has been charged in the cold-case slaying after an anonymous letter was sent to investigators, police said.

Jade Benning, who was living in Santa Ana in January 1996, told cops a black suspect forced his way into the apartment she shared with her 22-year-old boyfriend, Christopher Hervey, and stabbed her partner several times during a 3 a.m. attack, killing him, cops said Tuesday.

Benning, also 22 at the time, gave “general statements” to investigators about the alleged break-in — during which neighbors told cops they heard a loud argument inside the apartment for about 15 minutes. Investigators proceeded to work the case, but were unable to make any arrests until the receipt of an anonymous letter to Santa Ana cops in January 2020 that

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: coldcase; murder; stagedcrime

1 posted on 05/04/2022 12:19:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; Lazamataz

(Jade Benning)

So...

She’s available?

The perfect wife for Laz?

Sleep in chainmail, Laz.


2 posted on 05/04/2022 12:21:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: nickcarraway

So many details missing from this story.


3 posted on 05/04/2022 12:29:07 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: nickcarraway

That must have been a remarkable LETTER.

I sure hope the cops have more evidence than what’s written in this LETTER.


4 posted on 05/04/2022 12:50:52 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: nickcarraway

The letter said, “No, it wasn’t a cis-male, african american”. Wow, powerful!


5 posted on 05/04/2022 12:59:37 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: SaveFerris; Lazamataz

Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.


6 posted on 05/04/2022 1:13:26 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: SaveFerris

yup

first post on a woman murdering a guy, its all a big joke


7 posted on 05/04/2022 1:23:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Well ya know.

We’re actually glad she got caught.

Though it’s been what, 26 years.

Definitely would like to hear more about it


8 posted on 05/04/2022 1:32:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: nickcarraway

“said black man did it”

She’ll be REAL popular in prison...


9 posted on 05/04/2022 1:55:52 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: carriage_hill
Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.

Well, that leaves out the whole frickin' world.

10 posted on 05/04/2022 4:05:49 PM PDT by Lazamataz (My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
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To: nickcarraway
told cops a black suspect

Hmmm. About 10 days ago I chided the New York Post for capitalizing "black" when describing a person's skin color. Maybe it did some good.

11 posted on 05/04/2022 4:13:08 PM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: carriage_hill

Now you tell me. A little late.


12 posted on 05/04/2022 4:43:59 PM PDT by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrative )
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To: nickcarraway

“Woman Charged in Lover’s 1996 Murder After Cops Get Anonymous Letter”

Dear Police,

She did it.

Signed,

Anonymous

...

Well, Sargent Friday, that’s the final piece of evidence we needed, so arrest her for murder one ..


13 posted on 05/04/2022 9:22:28 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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