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“He was her mark”: The victim’s cousin says a former ballerina was seduced and then killed her wealthy husband

When Doug Benefield met a beautiful ballerina who was 30 years younger, he thought he had found his ideal match, but the whirlwind romance ended with a deadly pas de deux for the pair. .. “He was her landmark,” Doug’s cousin Tommy Benefield told People. “She took his money and his peace, and eventually she took his life, and he loved her to the end.” Doug is at the forefront of the couple’s “fight for custody.” Inside, he was shot dead on September 27, 2020, after going to his estranged wife Ashley Benefield’s Florida home.