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Christopher Hervey of Santa Ana, Orange County, California, United States died on January 4, 1996. He was 22.

Harvey lived in an apartment on 2205 N. Broadway Street in Santa Ana. He shared it with his girlfriend Jade Manda Benning, then 22.

At around 3:00 a.m. on January 4, 1996, Santa Ana Police Department officers responded to the apartment regarding a call of a black suspect who had forced entry into the apartment and stabbed Hervey numerous times in the upper torso. According to his neighbors, they heard a loud argument inside the apartment that lasted for around 15 minutes shortly before he was murdered.

When interviewed by detectives, Benning made general statements about the incident. According to her, a black male intruder entered the apartment while she and Hervey slept.

Benning told police that she and Hervey struggled with the intruder before the intruder stabbed Hervey and fled. She said she was slashed in the hand while trying to save her boyfriend, who later died at the hospital.

In 2001, Benning moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. From Las Vegas, she later moved to Austin.

In January 2020, the Santa Ana Police Department received an anonymous letter, implicating Benning as involved in the murder of Harvey. On May 3, 2022, she was arrested in Austin.

On May 21, 2022, Benning was booked into Orange County Jail in Santa Ana. On May 23, 2022, she made her first court appearance.

Bond for Benning was set at $1.1 million. She was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement of using a dangerous or deadly weapon.