Barry Bench News Today

Todays look back at local history as captured in the pages of The Citizen:

By this time he couldnt take her body back into the farmhouse. the fire was too advanced. so he dragged her body to the footpath 100 yards away and left her there. >> why are we stopping here? >> this explains why barry searched that area later after firefighters arrived. he wanted to make sure she was dead. >> i had never had a case where the client solved his own crime from behind his prison cell using nothing but a pen and paper. he really did all the hard work. >> they locked me up and they ...

According to this woman. >> so taking matters into his own hands, brown wrote a letter to barry bench, accusing him of murder. >> "attention, barry bench, i will easily get a court order to obtain samples from you for dna testing. after that [ bleep ] thing you did to sabina kulakowski and my false imprisonment for over a dozen years, i pray you confess your sins as you read this. merry christmas, but dont count on a happy new year." >> brown hoped that bench might reply, and licked the envelope...

But the question remains, why did barry bench murder sabina kulakowski? barry bench and sabina were acquaintances. sabina lived with barrys brother, ron, until they broke up a month before the fire. according to friends, barry bench was in financial trouble and may have wanted to sell the farmhouse where sabina was staying. no one knows what happened that night. but the forensic evidence shows barry went to the farmhouse to speak with sabina. >> what are you doing here? >> there was an argument,...

Florescent stains on the t-shirt, and some of them were made by the markings of the previous examining. >> not surprisingly, the stains were near the bite holes, an indication they were left by the person who bit the victim, presumably her killer. goebel removed the fabric, and performed str dna testing which is a more advanced form of pcr testing. the result, the dna profile from the saliva on the t-shirt did not match roy brown. but whose was it? barry benchs daughter, katharine exstat, offere...

>> there were statements from barry bench and tammy heisner. tammy told police that barry behaved suspiciously when he got to the fire scene. >> why are we stopping here? >> look around and see if you see any evidence. >> like what? >> like, i dont know, just look. >> she claimed he wanted to search an area 100 yards from the farmhouse. >> we had parked down the street from the farm and he had mentioned to me that maybe we should go down by the car and start back up on opposite sides of the road...

Did barry bench murder sabina kulakowski? barry bench and sabina were acquaintances, sabina lived with barrys brother, ron, until they broke up a month before the fire. according to friends, barry bench was in financial trouble and may have wanted to sell the farmhouse where sabina was staying. no one knows what happened that night. but the forensic evidence shows barry went to the farmhouse to speak with sabina. >> what are you doing here? >> there was an argument, and things turned violent. th...

>> theyre still battling the blaze, you know, and hes not even up there helping. you know? hes walking down the road look way over here. if he was so concerned, why wouldnt he be looking up there? >> and barry claimed he had an alibi for the time the fire start. he said he was drinking in a local bar until 1:30 in the morning. but the bar patron claimed that bench left the bar around midnight. >> he was unaccounted for about an hour and a half. >> my reporting on barry bench showed that he had, ...

Examining. >> not surprisingly, the stains were near the bite holes, an indication they were left by the person who bit the victim, presumably her killer. global removed the fabric, and performed str dna testing which is a more advanced form of pcr testing. the result, the dna profile from the saliva on the t-shirt did not match roy brown. but whose was it? barry benchs daughter, katharine, offered to help out. >> his daughter was a very courageous young woman who said, i want the truth. i want ...

>> so taking matters into his own hands, brown wrote a letter to barry bench accusing him of murder. >> attention, barry bench, easily get a court order for samples from you for dna testing. after that [ bleep ] thing you did to sabina kulakowski and my false imprisonment i pray you confess your sins as you read this. merry christmas, but dont count on a happy new year. >> brown hoped that bench might reply, and lick the envelope flat in effect, sending his dna sample. instead, bench walked in f...