GUILTY AZ - Alisa Beck, 21, & Karen Campbell, 44, murdered, Mesa, 2004 & 2007

[SuziQ]

Documents are sealed since LE is still looking at others who may be involved. LE is very puzzled by his sudden escalation.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2008/05/19/20080519mr-predator0519folo.html

Mesa police also are continuing to investigate whether Benson had any associates who could have helped commit the crimes.
Police will not release sealed court documents, which typically list details about all sorts of criminal cases, "until all of those leads have been exhausted," according to Detective Steve Berry, a police spokesman.

 

[SuziQ]

Map of where victims found and the location of Trent's house. His first victim was very close to his house.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/photos/2008/05/16/18cx4j9w.gif

 

[Taximom]

I just hope his son wasn't a witness to anything.

 

[SuziQ]

I just hope his son wasn't a witness to anything.

I hope he wasn't either.

 

[SuziQ]

Police release booking photo but few case details


http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/22/20080522mr-bensonupdate.html

 

[SuziQ]

Small Minn. town, home to murder suspect, struggles with news (High School Senior pic included)

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/21/20080521mr-fosston0522.html

 

[Taximom]

WTH kind of mug shot is that? Look at the camera and smile, you freak.

 

[SuziQ]

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0524newsuspect0524.html

The serial predator accused of sexually assaulting four women and strangling two in Mesa and Phoenix had help from an accomplice in at least one case, according to court documents.

Assistant Mesa Police Chief John Meza said Friday that the description of the second man is "a very vague one. We're working on that, trying to get more information."

"It was reported that this person was there. We're pretty confident that the person we have in custody was the aggressor," Meza said. "We're trying to determine the level of involvement" of the accomplice. (more at link)

 

[SuziQ]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/06/04/20080604benson0604.html

Trent Benson, the Mesa man accused of killing two women and sexually assaulting two others between 2004 and 2007, pleaded not guilty Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court. (more at link)

 

[OkieGranny]

From October 2011:

http://www.azcentral.com/community/...on-prostitutes-killer-gets-death-penalty.html

A Maricopa County Superior Court jury on Friday sentenced Trent Benson to death for the murders of two prostitutes he beat to death and dumped by the roadside, one in 2004 and the other in 2007.

Calling him a "threat to society," Judge Susan Brnovich also sentenced Benson to 135 years in prison for multiple counts of sexual assault and kidnapping related to the murders and to assaults on two other women.