FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — Closing arguments are underway Thursday in the murder trial of a former police officer and firefighter accused of carrying out a brutal killing inside a Fort Pierce business.
Otto Lenke, 50, of Sebastian, is charged with first-degree murder and arson in the February 2021 death of Richard Benson, 57, at Benson’s motorcycle repair shop, Fast Frank’s.
During testimony this week, jurors were shown disturbing surveillance video from inside the shop. Prosecutors say the footage shows a man shooting Benson in the back, then dousing his body with a flammable liquid and setting him on fire…