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Grover Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Dismemberment Case


By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
February 11, 2021
| 9:09 p.m.
A Grover Beach man has pleaded guilty in Santa Barbara County Superior Court to voluntary manslaughter for his role in the killing of a Santa Maria man whose dismembered remains were found in a pond at a Nipomo golf course. 
Benjamin Mersai
Benjamin Mersai, now 34, changed his plea last month in a Santa Maria courtroom, where he originally had been charged with murder. 
In September, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Department dive team recovered the remains of Joseph Martin Govey, 53, of Santa Maria in a pond at Blacklake Golf Resort, 1490 Golf Course Lane in Nipomo.  ....

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