Famed snake dealer ben renick received shocking facebook messages from his wife, lynlee, revealing her as the true culprit in his death. According to abc 17 news , ben was killed on june 8, 2017 while taking out the trash from one of his breeding facilities. The jury from southeast missouri's cape girardeau county found.
Ben Renick, "rock star" reptile breeder murdered; Missouri coroner says
Famed snake dealer ben renick received shocking facebook messages from his wife, lynlee, revealing her as the true culprit in his death.
What happened to ben renick?
Lynlee was in december 2021 convicted on a charge. Renick, 29, was found lying in a pool. Lynlee renick, 33, was found guilty last month in the fatal 2017 shooting of her husband, benjamin renick, who was gunned down at his snake farm. On june 8, 2017, he was shot several times in his new florence, missouri home.
Testimony from lynlee renick, 33, clashed with the accounts of ashley shaw and michael humphrey, who both said lynlee recruited them to help kill her husband ben renick,. In the moments after snake breeder ben renick was found dead, investigators thought he might have been the victim of an attack by one of his prized reptiles. Ben renick was found laying in a pool of blood inside his missouri snake breeding facility — shot eight times in the back, once at close range.
