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Case Description
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Loretta Benaderet, a 76-year-old woman, died on September 4, 2014, in Casper, Wyoming, in a killing that was later described in public reporting as a murder-suicide carried out by her own son, David Benaderet. What emerged afterward was not the picture of a random act or an unsolved attack, but of a family tragedy that had been building for years, with later accounts describing a long history of dysfunction, mental illness, and fear inside the household.

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Victim Details

Loretta Benaderet

Female

Casper

WY

2014-09-04

76

Loretta

Benaderet

Primary Suspect Deceased

03/09/2026