Justin Drinkard, 33, is a shitty houseguest beat Jerry Benefield, Jr., 20, to death with a baseball bat

[Sugar Cookie]

Justin Drinkard, 33, is facing charges after deputies say he beat a man with a baseball bat, causing his death.

Deputies responded to a call of a fight between two men when authorities arrived at the home they found Jerry Benefield, Jr., 20, unresponsive.

EMS rushed Benefield to a local hospital. He was was then taken to a hospital in Fort Walton Beach, where he died from his injuries on Monday around noon.

Deputies say after interviewing witnesses, they believe Drinkard went to Benefield's house to buy drugs sometime before 3 a.m. Sunday. They say while there, the men used drugs together.

According to the victim's girlfriend, Drinkard began making sexual advances towards her and Benefield. Deputies say that's when the girlfriend and Benefield asked a roommate to help get Drinkard out of the home.
Deputies believe after confronting Drinkard in a bedroom, Benefield and the roommate turned to lead Drinkard to the front door. They believe Drinkard instead followed Benefield's girlfriend, a minor, into the bathroom. Deputies say Drinkard began groping Benefield's girlfriend and she screamed for help.

They believe Benefield ran to defend his girlfriend and got into a fight with Drinkard while the roommate called 911. They believe when it appeared Drinkard was winning the fight, Benefield's girlfriend grabbed a frying pan and hit Drinkard twice, hard enough to damage the frying pan, but Drinkard didn't stop.

They believe Benefield passed out during the fight. They say Drinkard grabbed a baseball bat Benefield had been holding and hit him in the head with it an unknown amount of times. At this time, the girlfriend ran to a neighbor's home to call 911.

https://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Pa...in-deadly-baseball-bat-beating-501270711.html

 

[ghosttruck]

Note to self: Florida + drugs = bad things!

Ha ha ha...as a Floridian I should take exception to that! However, yep that's just every day life down there

 

[Fellofftheporch]

Can you imagine watching someone get hit in the head with a baseball bat an unknown amount of times?

 

[Sejanus]

So a 33 year old kills a 20 year old with the help of his minor girlfriend. What in the Flaming hell!
So are they going to charge Rodger Maris nightmare with dating an underage girl as well? Plus she is now an accessory to a murder as well as having assisted in it.
Hope the drugs were the best on the planet

 

[Ripley]

Too bad that frying pan wasn’t cast iron.

 

[Sudonim]

She was the victim's girlfriend. Not the perp's. Far more age appropriate. Almost that is...

Depends what you assume her age is.

Minor is anything under 18 and it wouldn't be all that out of the norm for a 16-17 year old to be dating a 20 year old.

 

[Sudonim]

So not every Mom had/s the strict "Not even one day over 2 years older!" rule? My sister used it too, it works pretty well.

I mean. My mom tried but emancipated 16 year old me was having none of that lol

 

[Freyja]

So a 33 year old kills a 20 year old with the help of his minor girlfriend. What in the Flaming hell!
So are they going to charge Rodger Maris nightmare with dating an underage girl as well? Plus she is now an accessory to a murder as well as having assisted in it.
Hope the drugs were the best on the planet

The girlfriend hit Drinkard (the perp who attacked her and her boyfriend) with the frying pan.