r/CaughtMyEye • u/detectiverobert • 9d ago
Ben Renick, a 29-year-old exotic snake breeder, was shot eight times inside his Missouri reptile facility. His wife and her ex-boyfriend were behind the killing, with prosecutors saying they wanted money from a $1 million life insurance policy, his valuable snake business and family farm.
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u/HoldEm__FoldEm 9d ago
Evil bitch
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u/weebles_wobbles 9d ago edited 9d ago
The fact she only got 16 years while the Humphrey got life is so sickening
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u/Reason_Choice 9d ago
I’m going to guess: she said it was his idea and he manipulated her into going along with it.
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u/TraciTheRobot 9d ago
Killing your ex so you can steal their life’s work with your new man is so diabolical
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u/ArisenGodEmperor13 9d ago
You got this turn around he wasn't her ex but her current husband. She got her ex to help her in the murdered
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u/TraciTheRobot 8d ago
You’re right, I was reading in between work and got it mixed up. That’s even worse
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At about 5:30 p.m. on June 8, 2017, Lynlee drove to the property where the family's home and snake facility stood. Inside the building, she found her husband lying face down in a pool of blood. She called 911 and then phoned Sam, who recalled that she was hysterical and in complete panic. Sam went into the facility to look for his brother. When he found Ben's body, he knew it was too late. He assumed a snake had killed him, a possibility he found strange, since a person being killed by a snake is not something that happens every day, especially in Missouri.
Montgomery County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to what they regarded as a unique and potentially dangerous scene. The building held more than 3,000 exotic snakes, and it was not clear whether one of them had caused the death. Paramedics warned the deputies that a snake could be loose inside. Deputies entered with shotguns in hand.
The county coroner, Dave Colbert, had never encountered anything like it. He described a tense atmosphere in which no one knew whether a dangerous animal was coiled somewhere nearby. He found no snakes near the victim, however. Ben's position, face down on the floor, had concealed the true cause of death.
When Colbert examined the body, he found significant damage and blood all around. Ben had not been bitten by a giant snake. He had been shot eight times, almost entirely in the back, and one of the shots had been fired at close range.
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u/BreadfruitBig7950 7d ago
Bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs
committing crimes~
for money wealth personal fame and because they're stupid and lazy bugs~
bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs
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u/Edwardthe3rdinNJ 6d ago
Its always about money in the majority of the cases. She could of just got divorced.
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u/Early_Hall5720 3d ago
Man spent all that time with snakes but couldn't see the one in the grass. 😔
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u/Melodic-Recognition8 9d ago
Greta Thotberg
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u/Remarkable-Clerk9554 8d ago
That girl lives rent free in your head, huh
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u/Melodic-Recognition8 8d ago
Definitely not and if you think they don’t look alike then maybe not the comparison for you bud
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u/detectiverobert 9d ago
At about 5:30 p.m. on June 8, 2017, Lynlee drove to the property where the family's home and snake facility stood. Inside the building, she found her husband lying face down in a pool of blood. She called 911 and then phoned Sam, who recalled that she was hysterical and in complete panic. Sam went into the facility to look for his brother. When he found Ben's body, he knew it was too late. He assumed a snake had killed him, a possibility he found strange, since a person being killed by a snake is not something that happens every day, especially in Missouri.
Montgomery County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to what they regarded as a unique and potentially dangerous scene. The building held more than 3,000 exotic snakes, and it was not clear whether one of them had caused the death. Paramedics warned the deputies that a snake could be loose inside. Deputies entered with shotguns in hand.
The county coroner, Dave Colbert, had never encountered anything like it. He described a tense atmosphere in which no one knew whether a dangerous animal was coiled somewhere nearby. He found no snakes near the victim, however. Ben's position, face down on the floor, had concealed the true cause of death.
When Colbert examined the body, he found significant damage and blood all around. Ben had not been bitten by a giant snake. He had been shot eight times, almost entirely in the back, and one of the shots had been fired at close range.
Read the full story here.