Brad Rigney case

The murder trial of Gerald Allen Benjamins, who is accused of killing 36-year-old Brad Rigney will not be held until September 14 and has been set as a new trial date after Benjamins’ attorney asked for a continuance in the trial, which was supposed to begin last month.

It will take place almost a year after Benjamins’ arrest. He was arrested Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, in Jeffersonville, Ind., after he was picked up at a soup kitchen in the southern Indiana town outside of Louisville.

According to RPD detective Kenneth Edmonds, Rigney and Benjamins met over the Internet and were online acquaintances.


In the early part of the investigation into the murder, Benjamins was identified as a possible suspect and interviewed by Edmonds on Jan. 17, 2014 and some things that Benjamin said just didn't add up.

Rigney, who was deaf, lived alone at the Rhea Blvd. residence. His body was first discovered by his brother and sister-in-law, who then called 911.

An autopsy was performed on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, and the preliminary indication was that Rigney had died from blunt force trauma to the head.