9/10/2026, 7:38:37 PM · by artichokegrower · 36 replies
Gateway Pundit ^ | September 10, 2026 | Cullen Linebarger
Posted on 09/11/2026 10:09:29 PM PDT by thegagline
An unimaginably horrific crime occurred on Monday in Austin, Texas, area and not enough people are talking about it. And it's a crime Texas voters might want to be thinking about when they make their way to the ballot box this November to choose a new senator.
A 62-year-old man had just visited his mother in a nursing home in Round Rock and taken her for a walk in a local park. After he got her settled back in at the home, he returned to the park on his own and sat down on a bench, minding his own business.
***according to police, a complete stranger walked up behind the man, wrapped an arm around him, and proceeded to stab him repeatedly in the neck. Surveillance video reportedly shows the victim desperately trying to fight back before being overpowered by the suspect.
And then it got even worse.
According to the arrest affidavit, the attacker allegedly forced the man to the ground, knelt over him, and began moving the knife back and forth across his neck in a sawing motion. Some are describing it as an attempted beheading.
The victim was Andrew James Wimsatt, a 62-year-old engineer and longtime transportation researcher. A passerby later found him near the Chandler Creek Trail and called 911, but it was far too late to save Wimsatt.
Police arrested 26-year-old Benedict Ogbodiegwu Jr. and charged him with first-degree murder. There is no indication suspect knew the victim.
And the horror of Wimsatt's murder is compounded by the fact that the suspect was no stranger to local law enforcement. It turns out that Ogbodiegwu had been arrested at least three times before Wimsatt was killed – and the cases against him were dismissed each time.
***
Three arrests. Three dismissals. And now devoted son Andrew Wimsatt is dead.***
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
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And the perp was an illegal alien.
It appears he might've been born here to parents who were imported from either Nigeria or Ghana, which according to the Supreme Court, makes him just as much an America as Mayflower descendants.
Graduated from a private Christian high school in Texas in 2018.
Sounds like we should be putting the judge(s) on trial.
Is he free on cashless bond?
Regardless of citizenship, rabid animals should just be put down, with extreme prejudice.
Texas, the Senate choice in front of you is clear. We are praying for you.
It was testosterone depression.
Heartbreakingly sad. Whimsat was good friends with Greg Gutfeld
Sounds like we should be putting the judge(s) on trial.
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there was a reason judges feared for their lives in the past.
When they put the community at risk...
Since 9-11 2001 there have been 92,040 Islamic Terror attsacmks mostly unreported by the Islamic favoring press. These 92,000 attaccks have resulted in 320,000 deaths.
The press covers this up by referring it as a hare crime, but never a Muslim attack on an infidel.
Where is our outrage, why is the west continuing to enable this war on the west?
My friends never know about these stories.
On X yesterday there were lots of posts about Mr. Wimsatt. He was apparently a big fan of and friends with some of the people on Fox’s The Five. He was a very good guy. Lot’s of people knew him and liked him. I’m just putting this out there because the victims of these senseless murders (of which my cousin was one) seem to be just statistics in the news but they are real people, and every white person slaughtered by these people is a tragedy.
And the perp was an illegal alien............muslim.
The perp looks to have an IQ of maybe 70? Yo. America. How’s that Multicultural Diversity scam working out for you fools?
What evidence is there that he is muslim ? With a name like Benedict instead of Mohammad?
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