Ashley Benefield, a 33-year-old former ballerina ... "Beginning with his first wife, who left the text message on one of their old phones explaining how hard he had kicked her on their honeymoon ...

After meeting at a political dinner in Florida in August 2016, Ashley Byers and Douglas Benefield married just 13 days later, with Ashley taking her husband’s surname. Family and friends worried ...

Ashley Benefield was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of her estranged husband, Doug Benefield, in September 2020. On Tuesday, Doug’s family, including his adult daughter ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Ashley Benefield, the center of the “Black Swan” trial, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation after she was found guilty of ...

Ashley Benefield was born Ashley Byers and grew up in Maryland ... In court, Ashley's attorneys also presented a text message to Doug from his late wife Renee, who accused him of kicking her "so hard" ...

CBS affiliate WTSP reports that Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 years, with credit for time served, followed by 10 years probation. The case, which became known as the "Black Swan murder ...

The stormy relationship between Doug and Ashley Benefield, the star-crossed couple at the heart of the notorious "Black Swan" murder case, began and ended with a .45 caliber gun, according to what was ...

A former ballerina, Ashley Benefield, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for the shooting death of her estranged husband, Doug Benefield, in 2020. The sentencing followed a jury’s ...