Christina Benjamin was a teenage girl killed in 1993 alongside her step-brother, James “Brian” King.
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Benjamin and King left home one night with Jason Massey, an aspiring serial killer, prior to their murders. Massey primarily targeted the female victim, likely killing her step-brother to eliminate a witness. While King’s body showed no injuries besides a gunshot wound, extensive mutilation was observed on Benjamin, whose clothing had been removed. She had been decapitated with both hands severed at the wrist. X-rays from a previous injury were used to confirm her identity. The missing portions of her remains have never been recovered; Massey told authorities he had disposed of them in a local river.
Massey had a previous history of killing and mutilating animals. He was eventually executed by lethal injection following his conviction, with the victim’s family members attending.
The episode received an unusual TV-MA rating (opposed to the typically being TV-14), based on the extremely graphic details of Benjamin’s murder and the inclusion of autopsy photos.