were basically looking for her. emergency workers found sabina kulakowski 100 yards from the house on an overgrown footpath. she was naked. she had been brutally murdered. stabbed, beaten, burned, bitten. sabina was 49 years old. it became pretty obvious right away that whoever had done it was somebody that, well, quite honestly, had to have been almost a maniac. the evidence showed that she was in the house when the fire started. at some point, sabina was alive in or about the structure when it was burning because she did have some soot in her lungs. between the farmhouse and sabina s body, police found a red t-shirt stained with sabina s blood. fire investigators found traces of accelerant inside the house and quickly ruled the fire arson. investigators thought the crime was one of passion. rage, pure rage, perhaps motivated by a desire to get revenge. sabina kulikowski lived in the farmhouse alone. her boyfriend, ron bench, lived there with her, until they broke up
but the question remains, why did barry bench murder sabina kulakowski? barry bench and sabina were acquaintances. sabina lived with barry s 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. the theory is that barry set fire to the farmhouse and was about to leave when he realized that sabina wasn t dead. there was another fight outside.
did barry bench murder sabina kulakowski? barry bench and sabina were acquaintances, sabina lived with barry s 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. the theory is that barry set fire to the farmhouse and was about to leave when he realized that sabina wasn t dead. there was another fight outside. by this time he couldn t take her body back into the
the evidence showed that she was in the house when the fire started. at some point, sabina was alive in or about the structure when it was burning because she did have some soot in her lungs. between the farmhouse and sabina s body, police found a red t-shirt stained with sabina s blood. fire investigators found traces of accelerant inside the house and quickly ruled the fire arson. investigators thought the crime was one of passion. rage, pure rage. perhaps motivated by someone to get revenge. sabina lived in the farmhouse alone. her boyfriend, ron bench, lived there with her, until they broke up a few months before the fire. by all accounts, it was an amicable breakup, and they remained friends.
they continued to associate with one another, but they had ended their boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. ron bench had an alibi for the night of the fire. friends corroborated his alibi. police had another suspect. sabina was a social worker for the state of new york. her superiors were dealing with a disgruntled man who threatened to kill everyone in the office unless he was given custody of his daughters. he was angry with the child protective agency because they had placed his daughter in foster care and he did not like that. i want her back. i ve been using the method. i ve been using the system. and i ve been paying attorneys. but i think if i ever got a [ bleep ] gun in my hand then you ll understand what the [ bleep ] i m all.