Deputies Arrest 26-Year-Old Benedict Ogbodiegwu in Engineer's Stabbing Death, Setting $1 Million Bond
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
Deputies Arrest 26-Year-Old Benedict Ogbodiegwu in Engineer's Stabbing Death, Setting $1 Million Bond
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
Summary
Williamson County deputies arrested 26-year-old Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu on murder and theft charges in the Sept. 7 stabbing death of 62-year-old engineer Andrew James Wimsatt at a Round Rock park.
Surveillance video and a probable-cause affidavit say Wimsatt sat on a bench around 11 a.m. after visiting his mother, and Ogbodiegwu attacked from behind, repeatedly stabbing him in the neck before walking away.
Investigators said they retraced the suspect's movements and recovered prints, bloody clothing and the suspected murder weapon; when shown video evidence, Ogbodiegwu allegedly claimed he had a twin brother but could not name him.
Ogbodiegwu had prior Williamson County cases dating to 2017, including two arrests this year, and had been released from jail on June 9 after earlier incarceration from January to April.
Wimsatt, a Texas A&M Transportation Institute engineer and film executive producer, was remembered by Fox News personalities as a consistently kind supporter; Ogbodiegwu is jailed on $1 million bond with a court date set for Oct. 8.