That's Criminal
'Pregnant' Teen's Boyfriend Allegedly Sat On Her Until She Suffocated
Oh, how I wish women would get away, far far away, from bad boyfriends. But, sadly, often they do not. And then it's too late. This particular story is bizarre and twisted enough to be the plot of a soap opera. A 19-year-old man, Benjamin Klinger, from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, is charged in the murder of his 17-year-old girlfriend, Samantha Heller. And it's possible he did it because he thought she was pregnant. But listen to how he did it -- your stomach is sure to churn.
Benjamin and Samantha were riding in a car along Route 283 when it's alleged that Benjamin suddenly sped up the car and got into a crash on purpose -- allegedly trying to kill his girlfriend. When she was still breathing after the crash, prosecutors say he sat on his girlfriend's head and torso until she died.
Samantha had been telling friends and family in the weeks before the crash that she was pregnant. But she'd also hinted that perhaps Klinger, her boyfriend, wasn't the father. Benjamin and Samantha apparently had a rocky on-off relationship and people described him as being jealous, controlling, and abusive.
After the crash, the man told police that his girlfriend had been stretched out in the back of the car because she was pregnant and more comfortable that way -- but forensics determined that he was lying and she was actually in the front seat. Also, that she didn't die from impact, but from asphyxia (suffocation) consistent with her being sat on.
The kicker is that the autopsy determined she wasn't pregnant after all -- which brings up a whole slew of questions. Was she faking the pregnancy to try and "keep" this winner in a relationship? If so, terrible move. Women will sometimes try to protect themselves from an abusive partner by getting pregnant, but this can backfire and the man becomes even more abusive.
And did she really tell people -- possibly even Benjamin himself -- that he may not be the father? Could that have been the motive? Or could Samantha have actually thought she was pregnant?
Rihanna might want to stay with a man who hit her, but other women should seriously think twice. Because abusive relationships are incredibly dangerous.
What do you think happened here?
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Christina
Dee
tuffymama
SaphireH
ok lets all worry about the stupid Rihanna comment and NOT the fact that this slime ball killed his girlfriend over a pregnancy that may not have existed or if it did why kill her if its not his baby just dump her ass. truth or lie she didnt deserve to die but just be dumped if he didnt want to be a daddy
KXG
meladyvee
I REALLY don't understand why Rihanna's one incident has become the poster child for abused women everywhere. Chris Brown grew up in an abusive home and had ONE violent incident. They are just doing what they want to do--not 'endorsing' anything. Charlie Sheen's been smacking his women/wives around, using drugs and prostitutes for YEARS; and even made a show worth millions that pokes fun at his lifestyle. Yet no-one bashes him or keeps harping on his flaws like the Rihanna/CB incident. They've moved on--other people should too. This story is VERY sad--as are all abuse scenarios. People go back to abusers EVERYDAY and they've been doing it since the beginning of time. Stop judging people and help them-or shaddup!
Michael
I guess I'm not bad enough.Sad commentary on girls these days.
Bellarose0212
She contributed to her own death? KXG? Are you the boyfriend or his friend/family member or something? First of all, it is not clear that she was faking it, maybe she thought she was pregnant. But, even if she was was faking a pregnancy and sleeping around with half the town, she wasn't CONTRIBUTING TO HER OWN DEATH. You know what she WAS contributing to, in that case? Him breaking up with her! Because that is the normal human response to someone who is treating you like crap, NOT causing a car crash and then suffocating that person.
candyw210
WOW KXG! What a heartless comment! regardless of what was done or said by the victim she did NOT contribute to her own death! Her bastard boyfriend made the decision on his own to kill his her. None of us were there and it's speculation as to what she said or did about being pregnant. With that said even if she did think or say she was pregnant or say he was not the father that does not give him the right to take her life! The audacity of you KXG to say that an innocent victim contributed to their own murder! You are a complete prick and are probably someone that knows the murderer. How would you feel if this was your daughter KXG? Would you be saying the same thing that she contributed to her own murder by saying she was pregnant? I think not you prick.
Julia