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Prosecutors: Cat stench, ailing wife led husband to kill
The rest at San Antonio Express-News link above.Their North Side home reeked from the overflowing litter boxes of more than 50 cats, and John Philip Benzing had decided he'd had enough of his wife's mental and physical issues, prosecutors said Tuesday.
But how he dealt with that frustration bashing the head of Leona Benzing, 79, with a hammer as she napped, then stabbing her twice with a butcher knife before slitting her throat was the most violent option imaginable for ending their 27-year marriage, Assistant District Attorney Meli Carrion told jurors as his murder trial began.
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Leona Benzing, who was estranged from her adult children, did have mental problems, as shown by the number of cats in their home, Carrion said.
The person that she relied on every day ... was John Benzing, Carrion said. The man that killed her was her partner in life who got tired of taking care of her.