Man Sentenced for Harrison County Murder
Posted/updated on: November 8, 2016 at 2:55 pm
MARSHALL – A Harrison County man will be serving a lengthy prison term after pleading guilty to murder. The murder trial of Rodris Webster, 27, of Elysian Fields had been scheduled for this week. But, last week, he pleaded guilty to the murder of his former girlfriend, Alicia Benefield, 19. Monday, Webster was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the slaying. In March 2014, Webster led investigators to teen’s body in a clay pit near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 31 and Elysian Fields Road in Marshall.
