A 24-year-old woman shot her 54-year-old husband after a tumultuous relationship marred by arguments, psychological manipulation, and a failed business venture.
A young woman shot her husband who was 30 years older than her and married him just 13 days after they first met. Concerned family and friends of Ashley Byers and Douglas Benefield believed they were rushing into things, but the couple insisted they were in love – despite the decades wide age gap . Eva, 24 and Douglas, 54, married in a very small ceremony, followed by a party for friends and family, but their marriage was rocky from the start.
Eva struggled with her new stepmother, who was only nine years older than her, and it caused arguments with her new husband and during one tiff he allegedly fired a gun into the ceiling of their home to try to stop the shouting. Despite the trouble in paradise, the couple stayed together and Doug even had a vasectomy reversed so they could have a child together. Benefield had a dream of building a ballet company and Doug helped her make that happen. They opened the American National Ballet in Charleston in 2017, but it struggled and closed down within a year. That same year, Benefield got pregnant and told Doug the nausea was so bad she was going to stay with her mum to be looked after. But a month later, in September 2017, Benefield returned with her mum when Doug was out and packed up her things. She left Doug a note saying his possessive and controlling behaviour was making her fear for her safety. She told him not to contact her again, reports the Mirror. It appeared Benefield didn’t want anything to do with Doug now she was pregnant and she tried everything she could to discredit him. She reported Doug to the police about the incident where he’d fired a gun into the ceiling and even accused him of poisoning his first wife – even though medical records showed cause of her death was an undiagnosed heart condition. Doug was desperate to be involved in Benefield’s pregnancy but in March 2018, she checked into a hospital and had the baby via C-sectio
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