Steve Bensons Cause Of Death The Murderer Died In Jail At 63

Steve Benson’s cause of death was revealed in an autopsy by the medical examiner’s office. 

In the Florida prison where he served two life sentences for the 1985 murders of his Tobacco heiress mother and brother, Steven Benson passed away from a head wound caused by a handmade knife as per sources.

On the day of Steven Benson’s arrest in 1985, he was brought into the Collier County jail facility. In June, shortly after being moved to a jail in northern Florida, Cordell Washington encountered Steven Benson, a former foe. Their reunification was brief.

According to authorities and other convicts, Washington killed one of Collier County’s most infamous murders by stabbing Benson in the right side of the head within days, putting an end to a long-running dispute between the inmates.

Benson, who in 1985 used a pipe bomb to kill his mother and adopted brother, died as a result of a deep aversion to Washington that developed after a string of attacks in jail in 2012. 

Benson committed the murder as part of a plot to inherit the tobacco fortune of his family. As a result, the story went viral, and Southwest Florida received national exposure like never before.

However, Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials claims that more than 30 years later, the 63-year-old also became a victim of premeditated murder.

According to many prisoners who spoke with investigators, Washington started preparations to demand $1,000 from Benson within days of getting to Taylor Correctional Institution. 

Investigators claim that after Benson refused to pay, Marvin Taylor and Washington ambushed and slashed Benson.

Benson informed prison guards that two men had jumped him as he was making his way from the dining hall to his dorm room as he was on his way to the infirmary. 

He didn’t know the identities of the suspects, but he was able to identify one of them as a fellow prisoner from a stay at a Hardee County jail.

First-degree murder charges were brought against Washington and Taylor in connection with the death of Benson in January.

Washington and Benson were captured on surveillance footage speaking outside of Benson’s cell for many minutes two days following that exchange. 

Benson was stabbed some hours later, and the wound went two inches into his brain. A week or so later, Benson passed away in a hospital in Tallahassee with an unknown number of family members by his side.

The autopsy report of Benson revealed his cause of death

The medical examiner’s office reports that Benson passed away in Leon County. Three days after Benson passed away, an autopsy revealed a puncture hole on his right temple.

The pathologist came to the conclusion that a “shank,” or a hand-made knife, caused the hole.

When his body was examined, there were “healing contusions” on his chest, forearms, right hand, right thigh, right shin, and right foot, which were discovered during the autopsy.

According to the autopsy report, Benson also had two further “surgical incisions” and a “neurosurgical incision” on his head, all of which had been stapled or stitched by the time of his demise.

The report also stated that Benson’s abdomen had “many small needle punctures.” The toxicological information had negative results.

He was guilty of killing his mother & adopted brother

After a 12-hour deliberation period, the jury convicted Steven Benson guilty of the deaths of his mother and adopted brother. 

The jury’s recommendation of life in prison prevented the death penalty from being imposed. He was given two consecutive life sentences with a 55-year parole eligibility period.

Benson continued to act spoilt in prison, complaining endlessly about the food, other prisoners, guards, and everything else that bothered him. An inmate murdered Steven Benson on July 3, 2015.

A makeshift knife stabbed into his brain served as the weapon, which was as crude and devastating as the bombs that had killed his family.

It is unclear from the records when Benson suffered the injury to his right temple. However, they reveal that he had been moved from Florida’s Taylor County, where there are just two medical institutions, to Leon County, where there are at least four.

The medical examiner’s office declined to respond to questions about the report or clarify whether the wounds mentioned therein were recent or the outcome of an earlier event.

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