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Claudia Benton, a 39-year-old female pediatric geneticist and researcher of Peruvian descent, was brutally murdered in her home in West University Place, Texas, on December 16, 1998. Claudia was alone in her residence, as her husband George Benton and their twin daughters were visiting relatives in Arizona. Claudia had stayed behind to prepare for a presentation at Baylor University the following day. Exhausted from her work, she fell asleep on her bed while watching television. Unbeknownst to h ...Read More

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Victim Details

Claudia Nell Johnson

Female

Black / African American

Houston

TX

1977-02-22

Claudia

Johnson

05/01/2026