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Preliminary autopsy results on a Port Arthur woman found Thursday floating in a reservoir near the Motiva Enterprise refinery indicated she accidentally drowned, Justice of the Peace Robert "Bob" Morgan said.
A passing tractor-trailer driver spied 40-year-old Karon Benton's body in Star Enterprise Utility Reservoir No. 7 in the 2500 block of 25th Street, between Savannah Avenue and Memorial Boulevard.
Police found a fishing pole near Benton's body. There were no signs of trauma, police said.
Although it is considered a drowning, Benton's death still is under investigation, said Lt. Troy LeBouef, a Port Arthur police department detective.
In April, Benton was one of two women who said they were attacked by Gary Sinegal. Sinegal later was indicted on capital murder charges in connection with the beating deaths of two elderly women found stuffed in their closets.
Benton told The Enterprise at the time that Sinegal came into her house in the 2700 block of Florida Avenue on April 10, hit her on the back of her head, made her take off her shirt and grabbed her breasts.
A total of three women were found dead in their closets the next week.
http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15686619&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&
A passing tractor-trailer driver spied 40-year-old Karon Benton's body in Star Enterprise Utility Reservoir No. 7 in the 2500 block of 25th Street, between Savannah Avenue and Memorial Boulevard.
Police found a fishing pole near Benton's body. There were no signs of trauma, police said.
Although it is considered a drowning, Benton's death still is under investigation, said Lt. Troy LeBouef, a Port Arthur police department detective.
In April, Benton was one of two women who said they were attacked by Gary Sinegal. Sinegal later was indicted on capital murder charges in connection with the beating deaths of two elderly women found stuffed in their closets.
Benton told The Enterprise at the time that Sinegal came into her house in the 2700 block of Florida Avenue on April 10, hit her on the back of her head, made her take off her shirt and grabbed her breasts.
A total of three women were found dead in their closets the next week.
http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15686619&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&