MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A man who spent nearly two decades on death row for raping and killing a teenager was executed early Thursday.
Bill Benefiel Jr., 48, died by injection at 12:35 a.m. at the Indiana State Prison. He was convicted of holding 18-year-old Delores Wells of Terre Haute captive for 12 days before killing her on Feb. 17, 1987.
Benefiel also held Alicia Elmore of Terre Haute captive for four months in the same house and raped her more than 60 times. She survived and testified against him.