A woman was arrested this week in Texas for the 1996 stabbing death of her boyfriend in Southern California, authorities said Wednesday.
SANTA ANA, Calif. —
Jade Benning, 48, was taken into custody Tuesday near her home in Austin, Texas, police in Santa Ana, California said in a statement.Police responding to reports of a break-in on Jan. 4, 1996 found Christopher Harvey with multiple stab wounds at the Santa Ana apartment he shared with Benning, the statement said. Harvey, 22, later died of his injuries.
Neighbors told police they’d heard a loud argument inside the apartment. Benning was interviewed by detectives, but never charged. The case went cold until January 2020, when investigators received an anonymous letter implicating Benning in the slaying, police said. A cold-case homicide detective reopened the case and ordered forensic testing. Banning was ultimately identified as a suspect and a warrant was issued for her arrest.She will face extradition to California to face a possible murder charge.
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