Slain dad's daughter knew ‘Black Swan’ ex-ballerina shot him after one call: 'She killed him, didn't she?'
When Eva Benefield's uncle Dave called with "some really bad news," she thought of one person."She killed him, didn’t she?" Benefield recalled asking before her uncle confirmed that her father, Doug Benefield, had been fatally shot.Benefield said she instantly suspected her stepmother, former ballerina Ashley Benefield.'BLACK SWAN' MURDER: SLAIN DAD'S DAUGHTER RIPS KILLER BALLERINA STEPMOM AT SENTENCING"At that point, I knew about the countless allegations she had made against my dad," Benefield, who has documented her father's case on TikTok, told Fox News Digital."There was something about her that made her obsessed with the idea that my dad was not a good person," she said. "She had called the cops multiple times on my dad.
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When Eva Benefield's uncle Dave called with "some really bad news," she thought of one person."She killed him, didn’t she?" Benefield recalled asking before her uncle confirmed that her father, Doug Benefield, had been fatally shot.Benefield said she instantly suspected her stepmother, former ballerina Ashley Benefield.'BLACK SWAN' MURDER: SLAIN DAD'S DAUGHTER RIPS KILLER BALLERINA STEPMOM AT SENTENCING"At that point, I knew about the countless allegations she had made against my dad," Benefield, who has documented her father's case on TikTok, told Fox News Digital."There was something about her that made her obsessed with the idea that my dad was not a good person," she said. "She had called the cops multiple times on my dad. She had called CPS on my dad. I knew there was no boundary and no limit — she was going to do anything she could to frame my dad in a negative light.
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- When Eva Benefield's uncle Dave called with "some really bad news," she thought of one person."She killed him, didn’t she?" Benefield recalled asking before her uncle confirmed that her father, Doug Benefield, had been fatally shot.Benefield said she instantly suspected her stepmother, former ballerina Ashley Benefield.'BLACK SWAN' MURDER: SLAIN DAD'S DAUGHTER RIPS KILLER BALLERINA STEPMOM AT SENTENCING"At that point, I knew about the countless allegations she had made against my dad," Benefield, who has documented her father's case on TikTok, told Fox News Digital."There was something about her that made her obsessed with the idea that my dad was not a good person," she said. "She had called the cops multiple times on my dad.
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Slain dad's daughter knew ‘Black Swan’ ex-ballerina shot him after one call: 'She killed him, didn't she?'
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