Husband sentenced to 25 years to life for wife's murder
Adam Bennefield and Keā€™Aira Bennefield

Background: Adam Bennefield (WGRZ/YouTube). Inset: Keā€™Aira Bennefield (Brown-Robinson Funeral Homes).

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State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller on Friday sentenced 47-year-old Adam R. Bennefield to 25 years to life in prison ā€” the maximum prison sentence for second-degree murder. The jury convicted him of killing 30-year-old Keā€™Aira Bennefield, also known as Keā€™Aira S. Hudson. Adam Bennefield slammed his pickup truck into his estranged wifeā€™s car around 8:30 a.m. Oct. 5, 2022, in the area of Richlawn and Shawnee avenues in Buffalo. After the crash, the suspect walked up to his wifeā€™s car with three children inside and blasted her with a shotgun. She died on scene.

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Her 12-year-old daughter, the oldest of her children, testified during his three-day trial, the Buffalo News reported. The jury took just an hour to convict the estranged husband, the Erie County District Attorneyā€™s Office said in a press release. Prosecutors asked for the maximum sentence.

ā€œHe deserves every minute of it,ā€ said Erie County Assistant District Attorney Colleen Curtin Gable. ā€œHe did not learn his lesson from his conviction in 2000. He takes no responsibility for his actions whatsoever.ā€

Adam Bennefield had previously served a 15-year prison sentence for the armed kidnapping of two women, including an ex-girlfriend, according to local CBS affiliate WIVB.

When it was his time to speak, the convicted murderer showed no remorse which led to a verbal exchange between him and the judge. Local NBC affiliate WGRZ posted a video of it.

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