Season 4:Episode 6 Unusual Victim: The Murder of Franklin Benedict

Some cases do not make sense. Franklin Benedict was a quiet young man who seemed to live a calm life. He was a former student of Kent State University who needed money, so he left school to become a Wal-Mart manager. He moved up the chain quickly because of his hard work and determination. Franklin liked haContactving money in his pocket so he often took on extra shifts at work, only this would be his last shift. On the night of July 8, 2015, Franklin would come home to a dark apartment. The electricity was not working in his apartment and while looking in the dark to check to see why it was off an intruder walked up behind Franklin unloading two shots into his body. The intruder had scaled the walls to his second-floor apartment to hunker down in his roommate's room until they could unleash their fury onto Franklin. So many questions about Franklin's murder remain unanswered. Why did the intruder hide in the roommate's room? Was Franklin the target? Why would someone go after such an Unusual Victim?

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