THE DARK SIDE OF IOWA
Christopher Bennett
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Full Name: Christopher Paul Bennett
DOB: December 23, 1974
Charge: 1st degree murder
County: Polk
City: Des Moines
Current Status: Iowa State Penitentiary
Date of Crime: April 19, 1994
Tentative Discharge Date: Life
Victim: Julie Wacht
DOB: December 23, 1974
Charge: 1st degree murder
County: Polk
City: Des Moines
Current Status: Iowa State Penitentiary
Date of Crime: April 19, 1994
Tentative Discharge Date: Life
Victim: Julie Wacht
Christopher Bennett was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, Julie Wacht, on April 19, 1994. At the time of her death, Julie was sixteen and Christopher was eighteen. They lived together and were involved in a romantic, yet volatile, relationship.
At trial, Christopher claimed that on the night Julie died, she was upset and had been hitting and yelling at him so he tied her up to calm her down. Christopher tied Julie's arms and legs together and put a sock in her mouth, then tied a pillow over her face to muffle her screaming. He then left to go to a friend's house. Julie died due to suffocation.
At trial, Christopher claimed that on the night Julie died, she was upset and had been hitting and yelling at him so he tied her up to calm her down. Christopher tied Julie's arms and legs together and put a sock in her mouth, then tied a pillow over her face to muffle her screaming. He then left to go to a friend's house. Julie died due to suffocation.
Source: Justia US Law