Benjamin Stone
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Nueces County, Texas, USA
- Date of birth
- J une 3, 1952
- Age at first offence
- 43
- Characteristics
- parricide, rape
- Victim profile
- Parsy Lynn Stone, 34 ( his ex-wife) and Keitha Lynn Van Coney, 12 (his stepdaughter )
- Method of murder
- Strangulation
- Date(s) of murder
- July 1, 1995
- Years active
- 1995
- Date of arrest
- Next day ( surrenders )
- Status
-
Executed
Executed by lethal injection in Texas on September 25, 1997
Case details
Benjamin Stone was executed by lethal injection in Texas on September 25, 1997.
Background
Stone died by injection after he had said he wanted to be executed ever since he strangled his ex-wife and stepdaughter two years earlier.
Stone was 45 years old.
Stone refused legal help and refused to have appeals filed on his behalf.
The offence
Stone strangled his ex-wife and stepdaughter at the family home in Corpus Christi.
Stone told police he “just snapped” when explaining why he had killed the two at the family home in Corpus Christi.
Investigation and police statements
Trial and execution
Stone’s execution took place on Thursday, with the report published the following day.
Stone declined to make a last statement and shook his head no as one of his sisters cried and trembled.
Stone refused to make a final statement, shaking his head no as one of his sisters cried and trembled.
None of the relatives of the murder victims attended the execution.
“As far as I'm concerned, it's the only way I'll find peace of mind,” Stone said in an earlier interview.
Outcome
Stone was executed by lethal injection.
Stone’s execution was the 28th in Texas that year.
Other details
Stone was described as a “Texas strangler” of an ex-wife and stepdaughter.
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