The prosecution rested its case Thursday in the murder trial of Ashley Benefield after three days of testimony from more than a dozen witnesses. Prosecutor Suzanne O’Donnell, who is trying the case ...

Hitching breaths and high-pitched sobs rang out in the courtroom Friday as Ashley Benefield recalled the evening she shot and killed her estranged husband, Doug Benefield. "I thought he was going to ...

Ashley Benefield showed no apparent emotion as a Manatee County Circuit Court judge sentenced her to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of her estranged husband Doug Benefield in her Lakewood ...

A jury of six found Ashley Benefield, a former ballerina accused of shooting and killing her estranged husband in 2020, guilty of manslaughter late Tuesday night after six days of trial. The former ...

Ashley Benefield was a former ballet dancer who was convicted of killing her husband, Doug Benefield Ashley, who was given the nickname of the "Black Swan," fatally shot her husband five years ago on ...

A family member of Doug Benefield and a prosecutor in the case dubbed "The Black Swan" murder trial slammed Ashley Benefield's dramatic testimony. Ashley Benefield, a 33-year-old former ballerina, was ...

Ashley Benefield, the woman at the center of the "Black Swan" murder trial was convicted of manslaughter on Tuesday night. The jury in the trial of the ballerina who had been accused of killing her ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — After seating a jury late Monday evening, opening statements began first thing Tuesday in the murder trial of Ashley Benefield. The 32-year-old mother and former ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Ashley Benefield is awaiting her punishment for a manslaughter conviction. The jury decided late last night the Lakewood Ranch mother did not act in self-defense when she ...