Carol Lynn Kendall testifies during the trial of her brother, Steven Benson, during his 1986 trial. Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, 2719 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 164, Hollywood, disbarred effective immediately, following a September 22 court order. It all came back to him.. He got stabbed, and a knife was found in his own cell. In July 1985, Margaret, 63, her 41-year-old daughter, Carolyn Benson Kendall, her 33-year-old son Steven Benson, and her 21-year-old adopted son, Scott Benson, all got into a vehicle to go check out a plot of land in the city, where Margaret was planning to build another home for the family. Margaret and Scott died instantly, and Caroline was rushed to the hospital with severe burns. But that changed over the next three weeks, as witness after witness took the stand. If Steven Benson caused problems, then Scott caused traumas. The jury convicted Benson on the first vote, she said. Best of 2022 Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts. . 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. Patty Bennett was a nervous mother of two boys sitting in a jury box when the defense gave its opening statement about Steven Benson. The judge made the sentences consecutive, in accordance with Bensons sisters wishes. Carol Lynn Benson Kendall is 42 years old. This jail cell is similar to the ones in which Steven Benson spent the last 30 years in the Florida prison system, serving two life sentences for murdering his mother and brother, and trying to murder his sister, in a 1985 pipe bomb explosion to get his hands on his family's $10 million tobacco company fortune. Her daughter, Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, was injured. There had been general rumors (about the boys parentage) going around Lancaster, where the family was brought up, Cirace said. Bensons aunt, Murphy, recalls him as being different as well. (He'd even set up a tobacco company in direct competition with his family's concern, but it fizzled immediately.). 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. ", Should the court decide that the 3-year-old in question is indeed the daughter of the late Scott Benson, the child could inherit either (depending on what happens to the man who might be her Uncle Steven) one-third or one-half of Margaret Benson's $10 million estate, and establish her as a legitimate claimant to the estate of the 89-year-old Harry Hitchcock, who is said to be worth as much as $400 million. Please enable JavaScript to properly view our site. I saw you on TV. An aerial shot of the home is shown in the background. 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. Menu. He wanted his own way and he was going to get it one way or another, he says. Steven Benson and his wife, Debra, leave funeral services for his mother and brother, Margaret and Scott Benson, at St. James Episcopal Church in Lancaster in 1985. When the police questioned him about the trip, he said he was delayed when he ran into some people he knew; but Steven was unable to provide the police with their names. Carol Lynn Kendall testifies during the trial of her brother, Steven Benson, during his 1986 trial. Prosecutors argued his mother's funds were used as seed money -- or to bail out one or more of the companies in emergencies, of which there were many. [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 is also charged with the attempted murder of his sister, Carol Lynn. Steven Benson, right, enters Lee County Court with his defense attorney Mike McDonnell as the jury selection portion of his murder trial Monday, July 14, 1986. Benson, now 53, is serving two life sentences in a Florida prison for killing his mother and brother, and trying to kill his sister. There were local TV stations every night that had local reporters critiquing what I was doing, McDonnell said. 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. A jury convicted Steven Benson of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and arson of a dwelling. * The prosecution's key evidence, along with the testimony of Steven's sister, were palm prints on sales receipts for pipe identical to that used in the bombs, as well as end caps. Nobody else had time to put a bomb in there, Young said. There was an error processing your request. They were obliterated when a pipe bomb the size of a football planted between the two front seats exploded. 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. I heard a lot of cursing and swearing.. [9][10] Benson was in a long running feud with Cordell Washington, another inmate at the facility. He told the attorneys he did not want them standing up and shouting, "I object." Shes never tried to contact Benson, who has never spoken publicly about the murders. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. She was not allowed to leave town, as there was the possibility that the state might put her back on the stand. 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. That she was once a beauty contest winner is easy to see. September 1, 1989. 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. [citation needed] The case was featured in Great Crimes and Trials and Infamous Murders. Prosecutors said it showed that while Carol Lynn owed her mother $118,560.33, Steven's IOU was $268,163.89. Thats the whole thing: self, self, self and me, me, me and me. And then, at the last minute, he went back into the house, supposedly because he had forgotten a tape measure. 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. She, of course, was referring to Margaret. 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. 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. Under the law, jurors are not supposed to take this into consideration. He is a good brother. ), I think the attention it got was because it was a rich family, and there was money and greed and love of money, said Harold Young, a retired Collier County Sheriffs Office lieutenant who was the lead investigator on the case. Even though he had a fancy car" -- the Lotus -- "he didn't like to drive. Benson wasnt much more popular in the penitentiary: At one point, he was stabbed by another prisoner and had to be transferred to a different facility for his own safety. Benson was sentenced to life in prison. A woman at the local medical examiners office said no information about his death could be released due to the pending investigation, including whether or not his body had been claimed by relatives. 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. [6][7] Over the course of his sentence, Benson was transferred to various prisons because of constant threats and abuse from other inmates. Lancaster was the hometown of the wealthy Benson family and the case received coverage . On the morning of the explosion, the entire family agreed to inspect the land at Stevens suggestion. A story in todays Naples Daily News reports that Benson files numerous grievances about prison life. Most recently, he was assigned as a houseman, performing maintenance and cleaning duties. After his first marriage also failed, Benson married a farm worker from his familys tobacco empire. Murphys father, Harry Hitchcock, was fine. He was sobbing.. Benson, they learned, had been pressuring his mother for money. Dwight Brock was an assistant state attorney in Florida, specializing in white collar crime, when Steven Benson was arrested. While she was being helped by the golfer, Carol Lynn Benson Kendall's brother Steven stood and watched the carnage. Left-Wing Meloni: Italys Attempt to Replicate Giorgia Meloni, Europe is dumping its migrants in Africa in exchange of money, Mariannette Miller-Meeks : Role during Iowa elections, Mustang used by Steve Mcqueen in Bullitt auctioned, Mexicos constitutional crisis has its roots in Washington, The EU-Mercosur Deal: Macrons Duplicity Unveiled, Paraguay declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation. 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.. 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. Benson, who was serving two consecutive life sentences, had last been housed at the Taylor Correctional Institution, a prison about an hour southeast of Tallahassee. 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. Some who knew him werent really surprised. He was always doing things but never getting anything accomplished, Sands recalls. In the Know: Is that Benson guy still in prison? Yesterday, a jury began deliberations on those charges after weeks of riveting testimony involving enormous amounts of money and a tangled family web. Steven Benson turned gray behind bars and died, to little fanfare. "Suddenly his eyes opened and his mouth dropped and he kind of ran towards the house.". Mrs. Benson was 63 when she died in the blast. 10-Year Discipline History: . At the age of 63, Margaret Benson, was killed by her son, Steven Benson, with a car bomb that also took the life of her her grandson, Scott Benson, and injured her daughter, Carol Lynn Kendall, on July 9, 1985, in fron t of their Naples, Fla., home. She was crying. 3600 New York Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002, Biden migrant surge sets all-time record for most arrests at southern border, With its social media biz under siege, Facebook looks to build a new metaverse empire, Youngkin goes solo, McAuliffe leans on surrogates in home stretch of Va. governors race. [11] Washington was charged with murder for killing Benson, but was acquitted. Hed always been sort of strange, she says. But everyone agreed that she had done so well, it might be unwise to risk a second appearance. He said, Thats how Margaret died. 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. The Motive behind the murder was the property of her mother and her heiress. 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. ", As for the positioning of the vehicle's occupants, "I thought it was awfully strange that Scott was driving. 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. Just sort of odd, very different.. Your email address will not be published. You know, he wouldnt say yes or no or nothing. No mental problems, he was just evil., The case garnered national attention, and four authors later wrote books about it. . They had a heckuva fight out of it, he says. Steven was paid $244,974.39 so he could pay his legal fees. [13] Murphy said her father sent Sands as a gesture of goodwill. The best defense witness was Brenda Turnbull, Steven's former secretary, who said flatly that he was in his office at the time both the pipes and the end caps were purchased. Also on the public record is a 3-year-old paternity suit filed by Scott's former live-in girl. That she was once a beauty contest winner is easy to see. 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. Nor was he surprised when prosecutors said Benson had murdered his mother and sister to get at the familys fortune. [citation needed], Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice, "Killer Succession" (Season 1, Episode 3), "Inmate Population Information Detail - Steven Benson", "In the Know: Is that Benson guy still in prison? The Miami Herald gave the following account of a groundskeeper who worked on Margaret Benson's Pennsylvania estate: He recalled that one day in 1982 he looked down from his ladder to see Steven carrying three copper tubes with wires protruding from them. A lot. Moments later, a second bomb, this one planted in the rear of the vehicle, exploded. Beyond that, Young had little to say. Not Eligible to Practice Law in Florida . The Defense. And what Benson was doing was spending the money, lots of it, for all kinds of things, including a house in Fort Myers and a car. However, she continued to pamper him. Also Read:Mustang used by Steve Mcqueen in Bullitt auctioned, Your email address will not be published. That trip, which should have taken about 10 minutes, took more than an hour, according to Carol Lynn's testimony, and 20 to 30 minutes according to Steven's statements to investigators. Benson calmly talking on the phone about his burglar alarm companys profits when investigators arrived at the home where the shattered bodies of his mother, Margaret, 63, and his brother, Scott, 21, still lay outside on the driveway. The judge did another unusual thing. The bills were sent to and paid for by Margaret. [4] Kendall survived but was badly burned; Margaret and Scott died instantly from the bomb blast. That's a negative as far as the jury is concerned. You can also browse other available content for Carol Lynn Benson Kendall on IMDb such as filmography, trivia, personal details, etc. Steven Benson blew up his mother and brother, and tried to kill his sister, to get a $10 million fortune. "), Near the end of his testimony, he said he had finally told Margaret Benson, "You have to stop being a bank for your children." Those involved with the case say they are surprised at how it still resonates in peoples minds, and their own lives. Minutes later the Suburban erupted into flames. Later he approved a partial distribution from Margaret Benson's estate. He was going to turn it into an apartment house. Theyre all dead.. The family and everybody just treated his grandmother as Scotts mother, the attorney said. Once Benson was in custody, investigators questioned him until he invoked his right to call an attorney. He is a good son. Carol Lynn testified that he arrived unusually early and insisted on taking the Chevy Suburban, rather than his own car, and first going by himself for coffee and doughnuts. Hes had no contact at all.. Had she not left the rear door of the unairconditioned Chevy Suburban wagon open on that miserably hot July morning 13 months ago in Naples, Fla., she, like her mother and her 21-year-old adopted "brother" Scott, would also be dead. I knew she was scared of Scott, but that was a different situation. He spent a lot of money and never did anything with it. An investigator said later they probably didnt have a chance to move.. . It was her sister, Margaret, 63, and her nephew, Scott, 21, who had died in a horrific car explosion in Florida. Inmates told investigators that Washington planned to extort $1,000 from Benson within days after arriving at Taylor Correctional Institution. Indeed, Margaret Benson did change her will, but in a terribly ironic touch, the only change was to cut out Wayne Kerr as executor. The jury was left with one noticeable absence from the list of witnesses. Later, investigators found a receipt, with Bensons palm print, for the purchase of pieces of pipe and end caps used in the bomb. 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. It r There was a brief flurry of excitement when the foreman knocked on the door only two hours later. Cirace said the rumors were never confirmed until Steven Bensons lawyers questioned Mrs. Kendall about it, to test her credibility. Carol Kendall was born on 07/08/1944 and is 78 years old. Distraught over the bombing and what she says is her brother's complete lack of interest in her physical and emotional condition since then (she testified he has never contacted her in all that time, not even to inquire about her health), she is occupied with trying to hold herself together emotionally. Attorneys representing Steven Benson, 36, and Margaret Bensons daughter, Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, 43, said they both probably will appeal Mondays ruling. Eventually the second will was ruled valid, but before that happened, Steve Benson was arrested. Benson was convicted of killing his mother and nephew and injuring his sister with a car-bomb on July 9, 1985. Murphys nephew, Steven Benson, was the only one to escape the fiery blast that day. How do we fathom in our heads that this boy plotted and schemed, and told them where to sit so he could do the most damage to the ones he hated the most?. 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). 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. Scott had canisters of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, to which he was addicted, delivered to the house on a monthly basis, defense witnesses said. ", 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. Amos Sands of West Donegal Township remembers the day 20 years ago today as well. 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." Just follow the money, and you could see what he was doing.. 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. It was like . McDonnell did not call Steven Benson in his own defense. Is Carol Lynn Benson Kendall still alive? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. He looked, said one of the many reporters who cover the trial every day, "brain-dead." Bennett heard about the money battles that were going in within the family, how Margaret Benson used money to control her children, how they fought among themselves and with her to gain access to the fortune, how Margaret Benson asked a secretary to inform and spy on Steven. The Trustees set up a trust for Kendall, a trust for Stephen, and a share for Scott. 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. 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. Carol Lynn Benson Kendall came in to see her brother's jury be excused for the night. TV show Monday features Benson family murders, one of Naples' notorious crimes, Lighthouse Project - History: Murderers, moonshiners, swindlers lead rogues gallery of SW Florida crooks, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. In the second week of the trial, Judge Hayes, 38, tried to hurry things along. Dwight Brock, who prosecuted the case with his brother Jerry, called the trial a spectacle for the media. (Now the clerk of courts, Brock said he has read three of the four books about the crime. In July 1985, 63-year-old Margaret, her 41-year-old daughter Caroline Benson Kendall, her 33-year-old son Stephen Benson, and her 21-year-old adopted son Scott Benson got into the car to drive away to check a piece of land in the city where Margaret planned to build another house for the family. Steven Benson denied all requests for media interviews. I dont think he believed he belonged in there.. Margaret Benson and her adopted son, Scott, were killed in the 1985 blast at their Naples home. 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." Copyright 2023 The Washington Times, LLC She, not being blinded by the forces of sexuality, very quickly perceived the true character of Tracy Mullins and was very much opposed to my seeing her. Benson crying on the first day of his trial. The Daughter and Her Son. I have a strong feeling Steven Benson also knew, Cirace said. Under Florida law, Steven Benson is precluded from receiving proceeds of the estate of the person he murdered, Hayes said. But that same day, local attorney Guion DeLoach showed up with a second and more recent will, one that Margaret Benson had him draw up and that she signed Jan. 29, 1985. 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. Then the bombs went off. It was the O.J. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (AP Photo) (Photo: Anonymous). 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. Copyright 2023 The Washington Times, LLC. The only survivor of the blast, Steven Benson's sister, Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, testifies about the explosion and injuries she sustained. The motive was money. Twelve and a half hours later, almost to the minute, Harry Hitchcock's granddaughter made an equally dramatic, if brief, appearance in the courtroom. You could see a hateful heart in Steven then. One youth remembered finding dry-cell batteries, wire and alligator clips in a closet and saying to himself, "Oh, this is Steve Benson's stuff . Within this circle, there was lots of money. Bensons wife never attended the trial. The first thing he said was, Well, Steve done it, you know that. He thought that right away, Sands, now 81, remembered today. Benson, then 33, was running out of it and wanted to inherit his mother's. The mangled Benson family Chevy Suburban that Steven Benson exploded with a pipe-bomb in front of his family's Naples, Fla., home, killing his mother and nephew and injuring of his sister. 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 thought he was better than everybody else.. 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. Hollywood's Carol Lynn Benson Kendall (University of Richmond School of Law, admitted to the Florida Bar 2002) got disbarred, the final step after her suspension in February and a. After his initial outburst, Benson became stoic and unemotional as the evidence was presented against 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. 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 . 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. Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, a former Naples City Council candidate, is now a lawyer in Broward County focusing on family law and real estate. [5] He avoided the death penalty, and was sentenced to two life terms in prison. Young had several reasons to suspect Benson. She sat in the front row, not directly behind Steven, but on the other side -- in one of the seats reserved for the prosecution. [4] Attorneys, an investigator and a juror have never forgotten what Steven Benson did, and how it affected their lives in the years since he was convicted of killing his family in Naples, Florida. He doesnt know for sure why Benson has stuck with the public, and with him, all these years. He knew how to make tube bombs and fiddled with explosives. It continued to prosper, and eventually both families had what some people call "real money," and what others disdain as "nouveau. Thats how Margaret died. I never saw him cry as much as he did with the Challenger. (Photo: File), Cameraman Al Durruthy records video footage of a Chevrolet Suburban outside the home of Mary Quinn, Wednesday afternoon (June 4), in the Quail Creek Estates in North Naples. The 12 members of the jury listen to arguments in the Florida courtroom where they convicted Steven Benson in 1986 of blowing up his family in a Chevy Suburban in the driveway of their Naples, Fla., home on July 9, 1985. Another facet of the prosecutor's argument was that Steven had been very specific about where each one of the family's members was to sit in the wagon -- and then, just before the first blast, he said he had forgotten a tape measure and headed back to the house. He just looked at me. Shocked by the attack, she says that since then, her siblings have been completely uninterested in her physical and emotional well-being. Success! Hitchcocks daughter, Margaret, it turned out, was not really the mother of Scott Benson. He found Steven Benson inside his mothers house, talking on a telephone. Once, Benson wanted his mother to loan him the down payment for a factory building in Lancaster. She thought he had been embezzling family funds and had called her attorney to check into it. Joyce Quinn, Margaret Benson's quiet and polite young secretary who'd lasted but three months in the job before realizing there had to be saner employment, testified that Margaret "paid for everything for Scott" -- his cars (among them two Lotuses, a sports car that costs $45,000 to $50,000) his van, his Cigarette speedboat, his apartment and furniture, repairs, his tennis lessons, his clothes and his gas credit cards. And Steven usually drove when we were together. Carol 's cause of death is unknown to us at this time. "How long does it take to say a guy was stabbed in the temple?" 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. Born on Christmas Day 1963 in a Baltimore hospital to Carol Lynn Benson, then an unmarried teen-ager, he was adopted by Margaret and Edward Benson. 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