Round Rock stabbing victim Andrew Wimsatt remembered as suspect faces murder charge
Texas engineer with ties to Fox News hosts was fatally stabbed on a park bench; a 26-year-old repeat offender has been arrested.
What to know
- Andrew Wimsatt, 62, was fatally stabbed from behind on a Round Rock, Texas park bench on Sept. 7 in an attack caught on surveillance video.
- Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu, 26, a previously jailed repeat offender, has been arrested on murder and theft charges and held on $1 million bond.
- Wimsatt had personal ties to Fox News personalities Greg Gutfeld and Kat Timpf, who publicly mourned him after the arrest.
- A viral social media post claiming major outlets (AP, PBS, NYT, NPR, WSJ) had not covered the killing helped drive wider attention to the case.
Major news outlets are deliberately ignoring or underreporting this killing.
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“0 stories from AP about the attack 0 stories from PBS about the attack 0 stories from NYT about the attack 0 stories from NPR about the attack 0 stories from WSJ”
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“He was so kind and generous it almost seems impossible. He always supported me... whether that was sending me clips I wanted to post or offering truly helpful words of encouragement during the times throughout my career that the internet was piling on me.”
Kat Timpf, Fox News contributor · Fox News Digital ↗ · Sep 10
Andrew James Wimsatt VictimBenedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu Suspect
Greg Gutfeld Fox News hostKat Timpf Fox News contributorWilliamson County Sheriff's Office Investigating agency
The record 2 articles and posts · last 30 days
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Andrew Wimsatt (62) was stabbed to death on a park bench 2 days ago in Round Rock, Texas by "Benedict" Ogbodiegwu 0 stories from AP about the attack 0 stories from PBS about the attack 0 stories from NYT about the attack 0 stories from NPR about the attack 0 stories from WSJ