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A quiet night in rural Bonaparte, Iowa, was shattered in the early morning hours of October 14, 2006, ending the life of 17-year-old Caucasian female Sheena Lee Bentler. The tragedy was not an isolated incident but the culmination of a horrific familicide. Sheena was discovered in her bed in the basement of her family's home, having been shot and killed. The gruesome discovery didn't end there; also found dead in the house were her father, Michael Bentler, 53, her mother, Sandra Bentler, 47, and ...Read More
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Sheena Lee Bentler
Female
White / Caucasian
Bonaparte
IA
2006-10-14
17
Sheena
Lee Bentler
11/05/2025
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I was reading about the Bentler family tragedy, and it's just so difficult to even grasp something l... ...Read More
03/16/2024
03/16/2024
I came across some old news articles and community discussions about the Bentler family tragedy, and... ...Read More
02/28/2024
02/28/2024
I recently came across a detail about Sheena Bentler that I hadn’t heard much about before—the c... ...Read More
04/22/2023
04/22/2023
