The Case of the Black Swan (Part 1)

A former ballerina shoots her husband. Did she kill to save herself or was it out of spite? Contributor Jim Axelrod reports in part one of a two-part “48 Hours.”

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What led a former ballerina to fatally shoot her husband?

Ashley Benefield, dubbed the “Black Swan,” took the stand in her own defense during her trial for the murder of her estranged husband. Prosecutors say she killed Doug Benefield so she would have sole custody of their daughter.

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