Police said an elderly man's claims he failed to follow through in a murder-suicide pact with his wife are false. The man talked to KENS 5's Marvin Hurst.
John Philip Benzing told police that he and his 79-year-old wife had a murder-suicide pact but after he killed her, he wasn't able to go through with killing himself. Investigators said they do not believe any sort of pact was in place. They think Benzing just snapped under the pressures of caring for a wife who had schizophrenia.
"They could say I was temporarily insanity (insane) or flipped out or whatever," said Benzing. "I don't exactly remember what happened."
Police tell KENS 5 that the woman was stabbed multiple times and that a hammer was also used to kill the woman; Benzing did not appear to have any injuries. According to a warrant filed in this case, both weapons were found in the room where the elderly woman lay beaten and stabbed in the couple's bed.
"Yes, I'm sorry about what happened to my wife," the murder suspect said.
According to police, the woman had been sick for a lengthy period of time. In fact, they said she was schizophrenic. Her husband claimed she'd been a victim of abuse from a former husband and from other family members.
Benzing has been arrested and charged with murder. His bond is set at $250,000. He claimed he was a victim of his wife's abuse. But the 59-year-old said his wife's murder was not an act of revenge.
"Even though all the abuse I got all those years I love her," he said. "I still love her."
Officers said they have been called to this particular home on a number of occasions. During one search, two dozen cats were also found inside the home.
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