After meeting at a political dinner in Florida in August 2016, Ashley Byers and Douglas Benefield ... a young child? Benefield was arrested and charged with second degree murder.

The former ballerina convicted of killing her well-heeled husband — in a sensational case that came to be known as the “Black Swan murder ... year-old husband Doug Benefield.

Ashley Benefield 'Black Swan' Ballerina Sentenced to 20 Years for Murder. A former ballerina, Ashley Benefield, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday for the fatal shooting of her 58-year-old ...

Ashley and Doug Benefield wed after knowing each other for 13 days - despite their 30-year age gap - but their love story would ultimately end in tragedy ...

"And the cost was the life of Doug Benefield. And that is murder." The defense team claimed that Doug Benefield was abusive and intimidating. "I want you to note how he's built for a 58-year-old ...

Concerned family and friends of Ashley Byers and Douglas Benefield ... were two other loaded guns. Benefield was arrested and charged with second degree murder. She pleaded not guilty.

Ashley Benefield was ... as the "Black Swan murder" trial. The former ballerina was found guilty by a jury in July of manslaughter for shooting and killing her husband, Doug Benefield, in ...

The 32-year-old was found guilty of manslaughter in July for fatally shooting her husband, Doug Benefield, during an argument at her Florida home in September 2020. The case was dubbed the “Black Swan ...

Doug Benefield. . She attempted to use Florida’s Stand Your Ground law as a defense in the case. Initially charged with 2nd degree murder, she was convicted on the lesser charge. Benefield’s ...

Benefield, 33, was found guilty in July of manslaughter with a firearm. She was initially charged with murder in the second degree for shooting her estranged husband, Doug Benefield, in her Lakewood ...

Benefield, 33, was found guilty in July of manslaughter with a firearm. She was initially charged with murder in the second degree for shooting her estranged husband, Doug Benefield, in her ...