Forensics student admits 'Dexter-style' murder in 'kill room'
Prosecutors say Day planned the killing with a plastic-lined room, a phone shopping list and 78 knife wounds before the victim was found dead.
- Benjamin Day, 20, of Redditch, is standing trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court for the alleged murder of 24-year-old Maria Saceanu, found dead in a Tividale Airbnb property on Barncroft Road last December; Day denies the charge.
- Prosecutors claim Day prepared for the killing by creating a plastic-lined "Kill room" inspired by the crime drama Dexter, compiling a shopping list a month prior that included knives, duct tape, and plastic sheeting.
- A fellow guest alerted police after discovering a trail of blood and a white plastic sheet attached to a wall; prosecutors said Day rented the Airbnb for £40 and called 999 about 20 minutes after leaving.
- When questioned about his hand injury sustained during the attack, Day told officers, "It was like a kind of brown orangey colour. I was by a bush and it jumped out at me." He later replied, "I don't know if it was a wild dog or a fox."
- Arrested at Russells Hall Hospital, Day remains on trial as prosecutors allege he planned the killing in detail to dispose of the body without leaving evidence, though he reportedly abandoned the attempt after injuring himself.
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A British student obsessed with the TV series “Dexter” has pleaded guilty to the murder of Maria Saceanu, a Romanian woman he lured to an Airbnb rental. The young woman was stabbed 78 times and investigators determined that the suspect had meticulously prepared the crime scene.
A 20-year-old forensic science student, Benjamin Day, confessed to murdering a 24-year-old sex worker, Maria Satceanu, in an Airbnb room he had converted into a “death room.” The perpetrator, a fan of the series “Dexter,” stabbed her 78 times and attempted to dismember her body before giving up and calling the authorities.
Student admits murdering woman in ‘Dexter’ kill room
A forensic science student obsessed with the US television drama Dexter has admitted murdering a 24-year-old woman after luring her to a plastic-lined "kill room" inside an Airbnb.Benjamin William Day, 20, changed his plea to guilty on the second day of his trial at Wolverhampton...
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