Episode 188: Benjamin Renick | A Snake in the Grass

Episode 188: Benjamin Renick | A Snake in the Grass

Author: True Crime Couple September 23, 2024 Duration: 1:24:35
On June 8, 2017 a call came into Montgomery County, MO dispatch. The two people on the line stated that someone had been found dead inside a large snake breeding facility and one of the large snakes was not accounted for. When deputies got on the scene they were terrified and had no idea what they were in for. Had someone been killed by a snake or had this been a cold blooded murder?

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Sources:
https://www.courttv.com/trials/mo-v-renick-2021/
https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=198075
https://abc17news.com/news/top-stories/2022/08/16/attorney-wants-murdered-mans-wife-barred-from-inheritance-payouts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W_WPo3g_VY
Archived newspapers articles from: Columbia Daily Tribune, Springfield News-Leader, Missouri States Times, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch between June 2017 and May 2023



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