GUILTY MI - Amanda Benton, 29, pregnant, Melvindale, 26 Sept 2016

[cvaldez1975]

can you link the post? that's the whole page. thank you!

https://www.facebook.com/wxyzdetroit/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf comments under story

 

[cocomod]

can you link the post? that's the whole page. thank you!

https://www.facebook.com/wxyzdetroit/posts/10153810762796135

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Family, friends gather to remember murdered Melvindale woman

– October 3, 2016

Detroit police arrest 16-year-old man in conjunction with Amanda Benton’s death

By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers

MELVINDALE – Friends and family gathered Sunday afternoon to remember Amanda Benton, 29, of Melvindale, whose body was found Friday in an abandoned house in southwest Detroit following her Sept. 26 disappearance.

Mourners met at Vernor and Ferris in Detroit, where Benton’s empty purse was found by a homeless man, and walked several blocks to Pitt and Norman, where the car she was driving, a 1995 green Dodge Neon, was found late Sept. 26.

Benton, who has four sons, was five-and-a-half months pregnant with a daughter...

http://downriversundaytimes.com/201...gather-to-remember-murdered-melvindale-woman/

 

[Gardener1850]

DETROIT -- A missing and pregnant Melvindale woman was beaten to death by two people, her body placed in the trunk of her Dodge Neon, driven to an abandoned house in Southwest Detroit and lit on fire, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office says. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged the suspects, 23-year-old Jacob Barnes of Lincoln Park and 16-year-old Jeremy Lee of Detroit, with first-degree murder.

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2016/10/suspects_beat_missing_pregnant.html

This is just so horrifying. :sick:

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

2 charged in killing of pregnant Melvindale woman
Amanda Lynn Benton killed Sept. 26

By Derick Hutchinson

Posted: 5:25 PM, October 05, 2016

MELVINDALE, Mich. - Two men have been charged in connection with the brutal killing of a 29-year-old Melvindale*woman who was five months pregnant.

Jacob Barnes, 23, of Lincoln Park, and Jeremy Lee, 16, of Detroit, were charged with felony murder, first-degree murder, assault of a pregnant individual causing death of a fetus and mutilation of a dead body.

Lee will be charged as an adult offender...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2-charged-in-killing-of-pregnant-melvindale-woman

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Former Gladwin woman brutally slain in Detroit

Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 6:00 am | Updated: 8:13 am, Wed Oct 5, 2016.

By Stephanie Buffman sbuffman@thegladwincountyrecord.com

DETROIT – When Amanda Lynn Benton hadn’t been heard from since early Monday morning, and had not contacted loved ones, they say they knew that something was wrong.

In fact, her sister Diane, sister-in-law Jessica, mother Florine, and boyfriend Andrew began scouring Southwest Detroit in an attempt to find Amanda, who was five and a half months pregnant. After eight hours, they say, they found her car, but no sign of Amanda.

Detroit Police, as well as Melvindale Police, began searching for Amanda, who was tragically located Friday in an abandoned home in Southwest Detroit. She was dead, having been brutally beaten and burned.

“The only part of her body that wasn’t burned was her face, and her baby,” family members said, adding that her face was so badly beaten, however, that when her father Tom Benton and brother James Benton went to identify her body, she was unrecognizable, and had to be identified by a tattoo...

http://www.gladwinmi.com/news/forme...cle_7a42d376-8a68-11e6-b112-6f65641ae077.html

 

[KJ's Mamu]

Trial underway.

http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/witnesses-testify-suspects-bragged-about-how-they-killed-melvindale-mom?autoplay=true

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Teen sentenced to 25-60 years in prison for murder of pregnant Melvindale woman

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/teen-sentenced-to-25-60-years-in-prison-for-murder-of-pregnant-melvindale-woman

Jeremy Lee was sentenced Monday to 25-60 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge for the murder of a 29-year-old Melvindale woman.

Amanda Lynn Benton was reported missing Sept. 28, 2016. She was found dead two days later in a vacant home on Vanderbilt Street near West End Street in Southwest Detroit. Lee was sentenced Monday morning by Judge Thomas Cameron.

"This was a senseless and brutal murder where you assaulted and strangled a pregnant woman, threw her in the trunk of a car. You took her to an abandoned building and you set her on fire -- her and her unborn child," said Cameron before he handed down the sentencing.

Lee and 23-year-old Jacob Barnes were arrested in September and originally charged with felony murder, first-degree murder, assault of a pregnant individual, intentionally causing death of a fetus and mutilation of a dead body. But Lee pleaded guilty to second degree murder and the rest of the charges were dismissed. Barnes is scheduled to go to trial in May.

 

[liltexans]

This case was on Primetime Justice on HLN tonight. One of the killers was smiling in court. Disgusting.

Amanda's dad called into the show.

 

[liltexans]

Here's the link to the transcript from last night's Primetime Justice:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1703/14/ptab.01.html

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Second alleged murderer on trial for death of Melvindale woman, unborn baby

http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/police_fire/second-alleged-murderer-on-trial-for-death-or-melvindale-woman/article_0929b354-6306-5791-8c68-b4e5cfebf88c.html

The trial for Jacob Barnes, one of the two men accused in the Sept. 26, 2016 murder of Amanda Lynn Benton and her unborn child, is currently underway in Wayne County Circuit Court.

Barnes, 23, is charged as a habitual offender, and will face an additional 25 years for that charge if convicted. He is also facing charges felony murder, first degree murder, assault of a pregnant woman causing the death of a fetus and mutilation of a dead body, each carries up to a life sentence.

His alleged accomplice 16-year-old Jeremy Lee of Detroit took a plea deal earlier this year. He was sentenced to 25 to 60 years in prison for second degree murder.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Second man convincted on six counts relating to death of pregnant Melvindale woman

http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/police_fire/second-man-convincted-on-six-counts-relating-to-death-of/article_0929b354-6306-5791-8c68-b4e5cfebf88c.html

The trial for Jacob Barnes, one of two men charged in the Sept. 26, 2016, death of Amanda Lynn Benton and her unborn child, concluded June 1 in Wayne County Circuit Court. He was convicted on six counts relating to the deaths.

Barnes, 23, was charged as a habitual offender and will face an additional 25 years for that charge on top of his whatever sentence he ultimately receives from the other charges. He was found guilty of felony murder, first-degree murder, assault of a pregnant woman causing the death of a fetus, and mutilation of a dead body, each of which carries a sentence of up to life in prison. He will be formally sentenced at a later date.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Man sentenced to life for murder of mother pregnant with 5-month-old baby

The elder accomplice in the murder of a five-month-pregnant Melvindale mother of four, who went missing and was later found dead, beaten and burned in an abandoned Detroit house, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday.

A jury on found Barnes guilty of felony murder, first-degree murder, assault causing miscarriage, mutilation of a body and committing a grossly negligent act causing miscarriage. He will not be eligible for parole.

Man sentenced to life in prison for murder of pregnant mom in Detroit smirks at family

"I hope the brutal murder of my daughter and granddaughter haunts this punk every time he closes his eyes," said the victim’s mother Flo Harper.

Benton’s father, Rory Benton, says they named the unborn child Angel, "This monster took his foot and stomped her stomach over, and over, and over again to kill that little baby inside her."

Throughout the hearing Barnes appeared bored and emotionless, continuing to deny his guilt as he addressed the court, referring to the crime as disappointing.

Wayne Co. Circuit Court Judge Honorable Thomas Cameron addressed his lack of remorse saying, "someone who appeared at least to me to be morally and emotionally empty inside."

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