The Daughter and Her Son. Benson died earlier this month in a Florida prison, where he was serving two life sentences for the crimes. An autopsy report obtained by the Naples Daily News indicates the cause of death was a stab to the right temple. Prosecutors argued that Margaret Benson was apparently beginning to face the growing evidence that Steven was spending beyond the limits of her frequent loans and the $3,000 a month she paid him as a "consultant" to the Meridian businesses. She said she will never forget that moment. Benson was sentenced to life in prison. But that changed over the next three weeks, as witness after witness took the stand. Murphy declined to say where she now is living and says she does not see her regularly. Benson told his family members where to sit in the Suburban. Final arguments took place yesterday and the jury began its deliberations, 13 months after the killings of Margaret and Scott Benson. Most recently, he was assigned as a houseman, performing maintenance and cleaning duties. And there was lots of squabbling over who got what. Carol Lynn Kendall, sister of Steven Benson, survived the car bomb that killed her son, Scott Benson, and mother, Margaret Benson, on July 9, 1985. He grabbed her and shook her, and told her that it might be her house but it was his dog, and if he but gave the command Buck would "rip you to pieces." Nervously at first, but then more calmly, she testified in response to the prosecutor's questions. Click here to learn more about the role the Lancaster County Local Journalism Fund plays in Lancaster County and to make a tax-deductible donation. A juror in the Steven Benson case compares an artist's sketch of the suspect who purchased materials to create the bomb with a mug shot of Benson. We learned about the passing of Carol Lynn Benson Kendall on May 23, 2022. Under Florida law, Steven Benson is precluded from receiving proceeds of the estate of the person he murdered, Hayes said. [8], Benson died at Taylor Correctional Institution in Perry, Florida of a stab wound to the right side of the head with a homemade knife on July 3, 2015. He was just not your usual teenager. Margaret and Scott died instantly, and Caroline was rushed to the hospital with severe burns. Steven's defense case, which lasted from Saturday, July 26, to last Monday, was marred by fights over the late introduction of witnesses (at one point Judge Hayes told the defense that such a practice was "just damn bush") and frequent bench conferences that resulted in the jury's being excused for the day. As the trial date neared (there were several postponements before it finally began July 14) it became obvious that the large amounts of money involved meant that there would be a lot of lawyers on both sides of the courtroom trial. Benson, they learned, had been pressuring his mother for money. He cried so much, she says. The feud went back to at least 2012 after a series of assaults by Washington. Office: 954-789-0834. He found Steven Benson inside his mothers house, talking on a telephone. It also wanted to rehear some of what the government fingerprint expert had said about the palm prints. doesn't have anything to do with my mother anymore.". He had been driving it all that time, he said. On the morning of the explosion, the entire family agreed to inspect the land at Stevens suggestion. Steven Benson's palm print was one of the major points in the prosecution's case against him, a case that ultimately convinced a jury to convict him of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and arson of a dwelling in the killing of his mother and nephew and injuring of his sister with car-bomb in front of their Naples, Fla., home. As the lead investigator in the Collier County Sheriffs Department, Harold Young was one of the first people to answer the call about a bombing at Margaret Bensons home in a gated golf course community on the morning of July 9, 1985. Mail Address: Law Offices of Carol Lynn B Kendall, Esq 2719 Hollywood Blvd Ste 164 Hollywood, FL 33020-4821. Lets go with disastrous hate. Bennett heard Kendall, who was disfigured in the bombing, testify that after the first blast blew her out of the car, she was still conscious, and she yelled to her brother to help her. he asked. ", Once all was set, she testified, Steven handed Scott the keys, and then said he had forgotten something and headed back toward the house. Im 91 now, Sands said when reached by phone Friday. The Steven Benson case drew national media coverage in 1986. Janet Murphy, Steven Bensons maternal aunt, said no one in the family ever patched things up with him, and he has never as much as admitted to the crime. He didnt say anything after prison. Cirace said Scott was born in 1965 in a Baltimore hospital and later adopted by Mrs. Kendalls mother, Margaret Benson of Pennsylvania, heiress to the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co. fortune. Defense lawyer Mike McDonnell, who represented Benson along with attorney Jerry Berry, said it was one of the first trials to have televised gavel-to-gavel coverage.. I walk into a restaurant and people say, Didnt you do the Benson case? But the topic was always the same: problems in prison. He was born in 1951 in Baltimore. In August 1986, Margaret Bensons son, Steven Wayne Benson, was convicted in the slaying of his mother and her adopted son, Scott R. Benson, 21. I guess you'd call them bombs." He was supposed to provide them the next day, the day the bomb went off.. Steven Benson in the Florida courtroom where a jury convicted him in 1986 of blowing up his family in a Chevy Suburban in the driveway of their Naples, Fla., home on July 9, 1985. He returned and got everyone into the Suburban and then went back into the house to retrieve a tape measure. He parked it and positioned his family in it. Not Eligible to Practice Law in Florida . After his initial outburst, Benson became stoic and unemotional as the evidence was presented against him. Hes had no contact at all.. I mean, I was scared of Scott . The Wait. That she is now horribly scarred is obvious; large red subdermal slashes streak her face. [citation needed] The case was featured in Great Crimes and Trials and Infamous Murders. I had never known anyone like this before. Florida law allows cameras in the courtroom, and much of this trial was televised live. Quinn, left-center, was watching the production with friend Kathleen Garvey, left, and daughter Debbie Quinn, right, as the crew worked on a production for Court TV about the 1985 murders of tobacco heiress Margaret Benson and her son Scott. I dont know if it will ever go away or not., Information from: LNP, https://lancasteronline.com. "How long does it take to say a guy was stabbed in the temple?" Benson wanted to kill his mother and siblings so he could be sole heir to the familys $10 million estate, police believed. Im hot! from the burning car. Steven Benson turned gray behind bars and died, to little fanfare. It was full of surprises. But what is apparently harder is that she has to face the death of Scott Benson, who died at the age of 21 without ever knowing that the woman he thought was his much older sister, by adoption, was in fact his own natural mother. How people were crooked. Bensons own sister, Carol Lynn Kendall, then 40, who survived the blast but was severely burned, wanting to make sure her brother was sentenced to life in prison for the killings. He was very congenial, very eager to talk, Sands recalls. Investigators said Steven Benson had embezzled up to $2 million from his mother and had recently learned he may be cut out of her will. [11] Washington was charged with murder for killing Benson, but was acquitted. He will be eligible for parole when he is 85. Murphy said her father sent Sands as a gesture of goodwill. They were obliterated when a pipe bomb the size of a football planted between the two front seats exploded. Thats the way Steve was.. Carol Lynn Benson Kendall Death, Obituary pending- Carol Lynn Benson Kendall has reportedly passed away unexpectedly and suddenly. ", She said that Steven had called her the night before the bombing to make sure that both she and Scott would be coming along in the morning when he planned to stake the dimensions of his mother's new lot. And he complained. Twelve and a half hours later, almost to the minute, Harry Hitchcock's granddaughter made an equally dramatic, if brief, appearance in the courtroom. Carol Lynn Kendall testifies during the trial of her brother, Steven Benson, during his 1986 trial. But Murphy will never forget how the deaths affected her father. . Murphys nephew, Steven Benson, was the only one to escape the fiery blast that day. At first, Murphy thought her niece, Carol Lynn Kendall, 40, also had died, but she found out that she was badly burned but had survived. Just sort of odd, very different.. When Benson refused to pay, Washington and another man, identified as Marvin Taylor, ambushed and shanked Benson. Stating that he could not give money to one of the children and not the other, Judge Hayes then awarded $244,000 to Carol Lynn Kendall, who also had legal bills. Collier County's most notorious killer himself met with a violent end. "Malevolent" is what the prosecutors for the state call 35-year-old Steven Benson. Mrs. Kendalls attorney, E. Richard Cirace of Boston, confirmed the report. Bensons aunt, Murphy, recalls him as being different as well. He had retained Naples attorney Michael McDonnell. Benson is also featured in an episode of the New Detectives entitled "Short Fuse" (Season 2, Episode 3) and an episode of Florida Man Murders entitled "Killer Succession" (Season 1, Episode 3). A jury convicted Steven Benson of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and arson of a dwelling. BOSTON -- Tobacco heiress Carol Lynn Benson Kendall said Wednesday she has no intention of cutting her brother's children out of the family fortune despite his conviction of murdering her mother. Bennett heard Kendall, who was disfigured in the bombing, testify that after the first blast blew her out of the car, she was still conscious, and she yelled to her brother to help her. Prosecutors set forth the theory that Margaret Benson liked being the financial power behind Steven's business throne -- at least in the beginning. I know it happened to me and my family, she says, but it seems so surreal.. He was the last person to drive the SUV. Sands said he was only allowed to speak with Steven Benson for a couple of minutes because he wasnt family. It was the O.J. Later, investigators found a receipt, with Bensons palm print, for the purchase of pieces of pipe and end caps used in the bomb. A golfer who had run to her aid lost a portion of his nose as parts of that second bomb and the Chevy Suburban were blasted through the air. The jury was split on the death penalty, and so gave him life in prison. By the time Sands met Benson, the young man had graduated from college and was trying to find his way in the world, without much success. September 1, 1989. Benson said he first went to get coffee and doughnuts at a nearby store. I felt like I was being pressed back into the seat. Once Benson was in custody, investigators questioned him until he invoked his right to call an attorney. Carol Kendall currently lives in Hollywood, FL; in the past Carol has also lived in Norfolk VA. Other names that Carol uses includes Carol Lyn Falkiner, Carol Lynn Benson, Carol Lynn Benson-kendall, Carol Lynn Falkiner and Carol Lynn Kendall. Macron wont let go off Africa so easily, he is love sick, Canadas Debt Crisis: A Never-Ending Burden Passed On From Generation to Generation, Alcohol tax in Canada: Canadian government is taking a sip out of your beer. That she was once a beauty contest winner is easy to see. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. I hope he does, she said. On the morning of the blast, prosecutors said, Benson drove the vehicle shortly before the explosion, allegedly to get doughnuts at a nearby convenience store. 'Money is the last thing that's even on my mind.'. Margaret, Scott, and Stevens sister, Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, were waiting for Benson to join them in the family car on July 9, 1985, when the Chevrolet Suburban exploded. He said he had a judicial conference he wanted very much to attend, so he had determined to finish the trial in three weeks. . Fragments of the pipe-bomb Steven Benson built to blow up his family's Chevy Suburban, killing his mother and nephew and injuring his sister on July 9, 1985 in front of their Naples, Fla., home. On July 11, two days after Margaret and Scott Benson were killed, Wayne Kerr, the lawyer from Philadelphia, filed a 1983 will that named him executor of the estate. Debunking the Myth: Is Maduro a Dictator? Her daughter, Kendall, was. My mother and I were very, very close and we didn't have anybody else except each other because Scott went his own way, and Steven . FDLE spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said the agency had no updated information as of Friday afternoon. She wanted an accounting and, if it had to be, a confrontation with Steven. The judge made the sentences consecutive, in accordance with Bensons sisters wishes. She was not allowed to leave town, as there was the possibility that the state might put her back on the stand. He just ignored it.. This orange thing was all around me. . McDonnell closed with a string of witnesses, most of them prisoners, who testified as to Scott Benson's less than sterling character, arguing that this indicated Scott had been the target, and that Margaret and Carol Lynn were unlucky enough to be along for the ride. If Steven Benson caused problems, then Scott caused traumas. Later he approved a partial distribution from Margaret Benson's estate. Then the bombs went off. She is shown here in a . BOSTON (AP) _ Tobacco heiress Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, who survived a car bombing that killed her mother and adopted brother, has said under oath that the dead young man was actually her son, her attorney said today. He complimented the jury for its "staying power," but that didn't stop him from holding court all day Saturday, too. Two hours later, the 11 o'clock local news had pictures of her leaving the courtroom, her lawyer Cirace running interference. Florida authorities have charged Steven Benson, Mrs. Kendall's 34-year-old natural brother, with setting the blast outside . Carol Lynn Kendall testifies during the trial of her brother, Steven Benson, during his 1986 trial. A jury convicted him of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and arson of a dwelling in 1986, and he spent the rest of his life in jail. (Admitted to practice: 2002) Further, Kendall shall pay . He doesnt know for sure why Benson has stuck with the public, and with him, all these years. Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, Appellant/Petitioner, v. Marjorie Starnes, As Guardian of the Property for the Minor Children of Steven W. Benson, and Steven W. Benson, Appellees/Respondents. Steven Bensons late father didnt think he was capable of doing anything, Cirace said, an assessment that apparently was correct as Benson, who grew up and lived in Lancaster most of his life, left behind a series of failed business ventures. Once these equal trusts were created, the children of the settlor would receive a net income over their lifetime and an amount equal to 2% of the capital, which would be determined at the time of the establishment of the individual trusts on a quarterly basis. Its been decades since his trial attracted attention, though TV specials still pop up on cable channels from time to time. It was her sister, Margaret, 63, and her nephew, Scott, 21, who had died in a horrific car explosion in Florida. Benson, then 33, was running out of it and wanted to inherit his mother's. [5] He avoided the death penalty, and was sentenced to two life terms in prison. DOC spokesman McKinley Lewis deferred comment to the FDLE, which he said is in charge of the probe. He told the attorneys he did not want them standing up and shouting, "I object." Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. The Lancaster tobacco heir was convicted after a monthlong trial that was carried on Florida television, drew national headlines and spurred books and intense media coverage both here and in Florida. That day, she and Wayne Kerr drove to Fort Myers, and when she saw Steven's new house, and the new Datsun sports car parked in front, she was, as Kerr testified, "angry. A month later, the Naples police arrested Steven Benson and charged him with two counts of homicide and one count of attempted murder. Except for that last-minute surprise appearance, Carol Lynn Benson Kendall had spent the day out of sight, with her lawyer and the lawyer for her mother's estate. ), After a brief rebuttal by the prosecution, Judge Hayes let the jury go. I guess people just exhibited good taste, he said. She, of course, was referring to Margaret. An aerial shot of the home is shown in the background. You know, he wouldnt say yes or no or nothing. It looks like we don't have any photos for Carol Lynn Benson Kendall yet. A Florida jury found Benson guilty Aug. 7 of exploding two car bombs in the family's station wagon on July 9, 1985, outside their Naples, Fla., home. Steven Benson was taken into police custody on August 22, 1985, after being accused of blowing up his family in a Chevy Suburban in the driveway of their Naples, Fla., home on July 9 of the same year. Amos Sands of West Donegal Township remembers the day 20 years ago today as well. But the jury only wanted to have portions of Carol Lynn Benson Kendall's testimony read back. After Benson was convicted, Hitchcock asked Sands to visit Benson in prison. The bombing took place July 9, 1985 in the Quail Creek community. Also Read:Mariannette Miller-Meeks : Role during Iowa elections. He was born in 1951 in Baltimore. As for Carol Lynn, she too waited in Florida for the verdict. Naples Daily News 0:00 1:22 Steven Benson is led into the Collier County jail complex on the day of his arrest in 1985. I dont think he believed he belonged in there.. Debra divorced Steven shortly after his August 22, 1985, arrest. At the trial, the man with whom he'd spent that evening testified that Steven had not set up the meeting until 6:30 that same night. He just kept a straight face.. (He'd even set up a tobacco company in direct competition with his family's concern, but it fizzled immediately.). Real estate. In addition, the Benson Family murder case was the subject of The Serpent's Tooth, a 1987 book by Christopher Andersen. To my knowledge, Scott never confronted his mother with the question. Other testimony revealed another regular expenditure. Carol Lynn Kendall unsuccessfully ran for a Naples City Council seat while living in Port . He seldom looked at Steven.The defendant watched his grandfather enter the courtroom, but after that he never looked at him. Benson never bothering to wash his mothers blood spatters from the side of his white van, which he had parked near the blown-apart Suburban, and which he was still driving on the day police showed up to arrest him for the killings, a month and a half later. Brocks brother, Jerry, the lead prosecutor in the case, asked him to help with the financial issues in the case as it was going to trial. Mrs. Benson was 63 when she died in the blast. Kendall was retained by clients in two separate cases but failed to adequately represent them. [4] Kendall survived but was badly burned; Margaret and Scott died instantly from the bomb blast. Before the day was over, according to newspaper accounts, Steven had asked for and received a loan of $20,000 from his grandfather. He was always doing things but never getting anything accomplished, Sands recalls. Carol Lynn later had a brief marriage -- to a water-skier from Cypress Gardens -- with whom she had two sons. Related story: Naples pipe bomb killer Steven Benson dies in prison. Carol Lynn Kendall, sister of Steven Benson, survived the car bomb that killed her son, Scott Benson, and mother, Margaret Benson, on July 9, 1985. BOSTON (AP) _ Tobacco heiress Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, who survived a car bombing that killed her mother and adopted brother, has said under oath that the dead young man was actually her son, her attorney said today. Apparently, the idea was to cut down on speeches to the jury, and to speed things along. But there were other debits. Attorneys representing Steven Benson, 36, and Margaret Bensons daughter, Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, 43, said they both probably will appeal Mondays ruling. He stared at her and walked away, said Kendall, who is now 70 and living somewhere in Florida. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. She hardly looked at her brother, but when she testified about Scott Benson, she called him "my son. She is shown here in a photo shoot at Lancaster Country Club in 1974, more than a decade before the incident. Nothing was heard from him at all during the trial, she said. ", The jowly and bespectacled witness testified that Steven's company books were a mess, with checkbook entries missing and no balance carried forward. Privacy Policy Agreement * I agree to the Terms of use and Privacy Policy. In July 1985, 63-year-old Margaret and her 41-year-old daughter Caroline Benson Kendall, 33-year-old son Steven Benson and 21-year-old adopted son Scott Benson together Get in the car and leave to see a piece of land in the city, where Margaret plans to build another home for her family. Moments later, a second bomb, this one planted in the rear of the vehicle, exploded. It all came back to him.. David Ahntholz/Staff (Photo: David Ahntholz .da-), Ajuror compares a police artist's sketch of the man who bought pipe at Hughes Supply to a mug shot of Steven Benson. On Monday, the state produced a witness whose testimony left a strong impression on those spectators who had seen the trial from the beginning. Retired U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agent Frank Kendall -- no relation to Carol Lynn -- testified that the palm print Steven Benson voluntarily gave the police in the summer of 1985 and the palm print on the pipe invoice were "made by the same person." Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, 2719 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 164, Hollywood, disbarred effective immediately, following a September 22 court order. Steven was paid $244,974.39 so he could pay his legal fees. Bensons grandfather, the family patriarch and the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco magnate, the late Harry Hitchcock, was a congenial-looking, white-haired Christian businessman known for his tulip gardens in School Lane Hills. Tragically, Hitchcock turned out to be right about his grandson. Even though her grandfather and her aunt opposed Steven's release on bail, she apparently still fights the conclusion that Steven did it. He had cautioned his new employes, according to testimony, not to let anyone in the offices of the Naples-based companies know the name of the company or what they did. She had hoped he would get the death penalty. Harry Hitchcock, second from right, patriarch of the Benson family and founder of the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co., with his daughter Janet Murphy in a hallway of the Florida courthouse during the trial their family member, Steven Benson. Steven Bensons trial is scheduled to begin in Naples, Fla., on Nov. 13. Here, prosecuting attorney Jerry Brock addresses members of the media outside the Florida courtroom where the case took place. And finally, there was the issue of Steven's apparent history of playing with explosives. Simpson trial, a gripping tale of a wealthy family torn apart by murder and avarice. Carol Lynn Benson Kendall was a former Miss Florida runner-up and was survived in a murder attempt by her brother Steven Wayne Benson in 1985. He was 63, the same age his mother was when he killed her. People are interested in that, and the way it was done every day, people dont blow up their mother and brother and sister in a prominent part of Naples., Young described Benson as calm, calculated, coldblooded., He thought he could get away with it, Young said. 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The three children were to divide the estate equally. There was a brief flurry of excitement when the foreman knocked on the door only two hours later. But a witness for the defense, Steven's secretary, testifed Steven never left the office during the times when the pipe and end caps were purchased. . She is shown here in a 1975 photo, a decade before the murder. But everyone agreed that she had done so well, it might be unwise to risk a second appearance. Eyebrows were raised in the affluent Benson neighborhood, but Margaret prevailed and she raised the boy as her son. Murphy does not know whether the couple, who had three children, later divorced. Not just Steven, but the whole family was just ugly. Moments later there was a loud explosion. There was a local uproar over the thought that the public would be paying his bills, and in mid-January the judge reversed himself. He said, Thats how Margaret died. After nearly three decades behind bars, Benson died July 3 at 63, the same age his mother, Margaret Hitchcock Benson, was when she was killed by a pipe bomb he planted in her Chevrolet Suburban in the familys North Naples driveway in 1985. The Trustees have not presented reasonable grounds for attributing the settlors scheme to their section of the trustee exercised on November 27, 1985, following the death of Ms. Benson. In addition to the fatal wound to the head, Associate Medical Examiner Anthony Clark noted a puncture wound to the left scalp and multiple bruises on Benson's torso, upper and lower extremities. Kendall was injured in the car-bomb that killed her son, Scott Benson, and mother, Margaret Benson, on July 9, 1985, in front of their Naples, Fla., home. After his first marriage also failed, Benson married a farm worker from his familys tobacco empire. 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