ARREST WARRANT APPLICATION
STATE OF CONNECTICUT SUPERIOR COURT www.judct.gov
JD-CR-64b Rev. 4-08 CGS. ยง 54-2a
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NAME. J\ND RESIDENCE (Town; .oF ACCUSED
Kevin Benefield
of
Bronx
NY
APPLICATION FOR ARREST WARRANT TO: A Judge of the Superior Court The undersigned hereby applies for a warrant for the arrest of the above-named accused on the basis of the facts set forth in the:
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AFFIDAVIT The undersigned affiant. being duly sworn, deposes and says: I. That tht undersigntd, Lieutenant Robert Flis is a member of the Wallingford Police Depi1l1ment and has been a member of said department for over twenty-four (24) years prior to the date hereof and al all times mentioned herein was acting as a member of said dep~lrtlllent. Further, the undersigned is clIrrently assiglli:d as the Commander of the Detective Division, responsible investigating and managing criminal investigations and has received considerable training and cxperience in criminal investigations. FUl1her, that the facts and cireulllstances herein arc stated from personal knowledge and observations as \\'ell as froIll tbe informat ion of other officcrs and official documcntation,
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2. That 011 September 3, 1986 at 7:02 AM a sexual assault and murder was rcp0l1ed to the Wallingford Poliee Department. Ernest llernandez, a worker at RS Molding, 49 Capital Dr, Wallingford, CL reported that when Iw arrived at \york that morning he discovered a co-worker, 30, was dead on the office 11001'. wearing nothing but shoes, laying in a pOt)1 the sole worker at RS Molding on the shift beginning at 10 PM September 1, \Vhell she relie\ed another worker, until 6:30 AM on September 3, when Hernandez was supposed to arrive at \\orl\. and r e l i e v c _
3. Thai till' initial police irl\cstigation and autopsy 1'C\'ealcd that killed as a r~>slllt of blunt trauma in/licled to her head and neck area, manner Illg ruled a homicide. Dr. rVlcDonough, who performed the autopsy, later testified that the injuries that caused her death \\elT multiple blows to the head with the Coret being enough to fracture bone. The autopsy rep0!1 states that there was a "suggestion of sexual assault with 1/8 in laceration orlhe periallalllHlcosa" and "sperm identified in vaginal and rectal smears:" . . /__
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Application for an arrest warrant. and affidavit(s) attached to said Application. having been submitted to and the undersigned, the undersigned finds from said affidavit(s) that there is probable cause to believe that c f fe:1s"? has been committed and that the accused committed it and, therefore, that probable cause exists for