Woman Arrested After Anonymous Letter To Police Cracks Open 26-Year Old Murder Of Her Boyfriend

A Los Angeles woman was arrested for murdering her boyfriend in a 26-12 months-previous cold situation that was cracked open by an anonymous letter to law enforcement. 

On May possibly 3, law enforcement in Santa Ana arrested Jade Benning at her residence on suspicion of killing her boyfriend Christopher Hervey in 1996 inside of their Los Angeles apartment. The Santa Ana Police Division did not disclose what evidence led them to get Benning into custody, but they mentioned it was adequate proof to carry her in for an arrest. 

The overall circumstance started in January 1996 when police in Santa Ana have been referred to as to an apartment that was shared by Benning and Hervey. When officers arrived at the condominium, Benning instructed them that an unidentified Black male broke into the condominium and stabbed Hervey, 22, a number of situations in his torso. Hervey had died on the scene. 

Police were being straight away careful about Benning’s promises. Neighbors informed officers that they overheard a loud argument in the apartment prior to the stabbing. Benning’s statements to police at the time were being also explained as “general” and imprecise, but she claimed that she attempted to save Hervey and was cut in the hand. 

Inspite of any attainable doubts, detectives lacked proof to pin Hervey’s death on Benning, who relocated from California to Las Vegas and then Austin, Texas. 

This all modified in January 2020 when police received an nameless letter that accused Benning of the murder. In accordance to the Santa Ana Police Division, a detective re-examined the forensic proof in the circumstance and arrived at out to forensic experts for additional clarification.  

Entirely, police said this was more than enough to provide Benning into custody. Operating together with a U.S. Marshals undertaking pressure in Texas, neighborhood police arrested Benning with Santa Ana detectives on the scene. 

Benning is currently becoming held in a Travis County jail as she awaits extradition to California exactly where she will experience murder prices, according to the Santa Ana Law enforcement Office.

PD says chilly case killer nabbed. Jade Benning is escorted in handcuffs in Texas just after her arrest for a 26 12 months aged murder in Santa Ana. More tonight @cbsla pic.twitter.com/75zjqdycxw

— michele gile (@michelegiletv) Might 4, 2022