Whitney Lynn Bennett, 23, was born to Franklin and Robin Bennett and lived in the 36000-block of Susan Beach Road in Delmar, Delaware.
But she was more than simply a daughter; she was a stay-at-home mom to Brian Tanner, Aaliyah Tanner, and Jayla Koole.
She appeared to have a joyful existence, surrounded by her complete family, whom she seemed to adore without condition, but all abruptly changed over the 2010 holiday season.
On December 9, 2010, Whitney Bennett’s mother filed a report with the Delaware State Police stating that she was missing.
Whitney Bennett should not be confused with the person of the same name who survived the Night Stalker attack.
It was almost as if she had just left one day and made the decision not to come back, but her family realized that something wasn’t right and they called the police.
Whitney was last seen alive five days earlier, on December 4, 2010, in Wicomico County, according to preliminary investigations.
In order to investigate her abrupt disappearance, the Wicomico County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI) assumed the investigation.
They began a thorough search for her, which continued until April 2011. It wasn’t until then that they were led to a spot where a body was buried, a body that might have been Whitney’s, thanks to an anonymous tip.
Regrettably, absolutely. The tip that was received was 100 percent accurate, and Whitney Bennett, a lady who had been missing for four months, was positively identified from her remains that had been retrieved from a makeshift burial in Somerset County.
Her cause of death was judged to be unclear because the forensic examiners were unable to determine it; however, the detectives continued their work to determine how and when she died as well as whether anybody else was to blame.
When her body was discovered, sources started telling the news portals that her death was being considered a homicide, even though it wasn’t ruled as such.
A sheriff had initially told the local news that they did not believe any foul play was involved in the case, which is why they had initially issued a missing person’s report as standard procedure.
Authorities charged three people they thought had a hand in her death shortly after her body was discovered—exactly that month.
William A. Hill, Whitney’s on-again boyfriend, allegedly confessed to a source while being incarcerated in the Wicomico County Detention Center on unrelated sex abuse charges that he killed Whitney with the assistance of his father, Claude H. Hill, and buried her there.
Another unnamed source said that they had assisted Steven L. Akers, William’s stepbrother, in setting up two cameras there to supposedly monitor the area around the improvised burial.
As a result, Claude Hill and his stepson Steven Akers were accused of being an accessory after the fact and of obstructing justice. A week or so later, William Hill was accused of first- and second-degree murder in relation to Whitney Bennett
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