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Benjamin Sifrit (Benjamin Adam Sifrit) was born on 21 October, 1977 in Estherville, Iowa, U.S., is an American murderers. Discover Benjamin Sifrit's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

Popular As Benjamin Adam Sifrit
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Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 21 October 1977
Birthday 21 October
Birthplace Estherville, Iowa, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Erika Sifrit (m. 1998-2010)

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1978

Erika Elaine Sifrit (née Grace; born February 3, 1978) and Benjamin Adam "BJ" Sifrit (born October 21, 1977) are an American couple convicted of murdering two tourists, Joshua Edward Ford and Martha Margene "Geney" Crutchley, in Ocean City, Maryland, in 2002.

The case drew substantial media attention.

1997

Benjamin completed Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training class 212 in 1997, but due to bad conduct discharge for repeatedly being absent without leave, insubordination, poor performance and wearing unauthorized insignia, had his Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) 5326 Combatant Swimmer (SEAL) revoked.

Shortly after marrying, the Sifrits moved near Erika's hometown of Altoona, Pennsylvania.

There, they opened and operated a scrapbook store.

1998

Married in 1998, the Sifrits divorced in 2010.

Erika Elaine Grace was born in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, to Charlotte Gail (Klotz) and Gerald Mitchell Grace.

Benjamin Adam Sifrit was born in Estherville, Iowa, to Elizabeth Ann (Graves) and Craig Arthur Sifrit.

Erika and Benjamin married in 1998, when they were both 20 years old.

She was an honors student and basketball star at Mary Washington College.

2002

On May 25, 2002, the Sifrits, both 24 at the time, met another couple, Joshua Ford and Martha Crutchley, a vacationing couple from Fairfax, Virginia.

The Sifrits were arrested six days later, on May 31, 2002, when they were caught burglarizing a Hooters restaurant.

When police searched Erika's purse, they uncovered the drivers' licenses of Ford and Crutchley, who at that point had been reported missing.

Erika confessed to murdering the couple shortly after her apprehension, but claimed the idea was her husband's.

Because of the heavy publicity of the case, the Sifrits' trials were moved out of Worcester County, Maryland.

Benjamin's trial was held in Rockville, and Erika's was held in Frederick.

2003

In 2003, both Sifrits were convicted, he for one murder and she for both murders.

Benjamin Sifrit is currently serving 38 years at the Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown, Maryland, while Erika is serving a life sentence plus 20 years at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup.

At Benjamin's 2003 trial, a 22-year-old woman named Melissa Seling testified that she was subjected to the same ritual that Joshua and Martha endured, although she was able to avoid being killed.

On April 9, 2003, Benjamin was convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the death of Crutchley, and was acquitted of all charges in the death of Joshua Ford.

He was later sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison.

Erika's trial started shortly afterwards, on June 3, 2003.

On June 11, she was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Ford and second-degree murder in the death of Crutchley, and was later sentenced to life imprisonment plus twenty years.

2004

The Sifrit case has been profiled on: the 2004 episode "Thrill Seekers:, of the series American Justice; Deadly Sins; Deadly Women; the 2010 episode "Dirty Little Seacret", of the series Forensic Files; Sins and Secrets; Snapped: Killer Couples; and True Crime Daily.

2009

In July 2009, a book entitled Cruel Death, written by M. William Phelps, was released about the case.

2010

In March 2010, Benjamin Sifrit filed for divorce, which was granted in August 2010.

Both Sifrits have filed numerous appeals, all of which have failed.

Benjamin exhausted his last appeal in 2010.

2011

After a night of partying together at the Seacrets nightclub in Ocean City, Maryland, the two couples went back to the Sifrits' condominium located in The Rainbow on 112th Street.

According to records, the Sifrits claimed that Ford and Crutchley stole Erika's purse, and Benjamin pulled a gun on the couple.

After retreating to the bathroom, Ford was fatally shot four times with Erika's gun.

Crutchley was also killed; investigators believe that she was stabbed, but the official cause of death could not be determined from her remains.

The bodies were then dismembered and disposed of in a grocery store dumpster in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

The remains were transferred to a nearby landfill, where they were recovered by searchers nine days later.

2014

Erika's appeal, citing ineffectiveness of counsel, was denied in 2014.

Benjamin Sifrit became eligible for parole in 2021.

His first parole request was refused in April 2022.

If he is not granted parole, he will be released from prison in 2030.

Erika Sifrit will be eligible for parole in 2024.