21-year-old details how her father was fatally shot by her ex-ballerina stepmother

A woman has opened up about how she was left an orphan after her father was fatally shot by her stepmother — an ex-ballerina and model who was 30 years his junior — amid their custody battle. Ashley, 30, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder five weeks after she killed Eva's father, Doug Benefield, on September 28, 2020, claiming she shot him in self-defense. Scroll down for video Eva Benefield, 21, from Charleston, South Carolina, opened up about how her father was fatally shot by her stepmother in a series of TikTok videos earlier this month Eva's stepmother, Ashley Benefield, now 30, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder five weeks after she fatally shot her husband, Doug Benefield, who was 59 Doug, whose first marriage ended in divorce, was out of town for work when his second wife, Renee Cousar Benefield, died unexpectedly of an underlying heart condition Eva, then 15, was the one who found her mother dead. Eva's father assured her he had no plans of remarrying, but nine months later, he fell for Ashley, a former professional ballerina and model Doug was 54 and Ashley was 24 when they married 13 days after they met As Eva tried to adjust to life with her new stepmom, Ashley and Doug founded American National Ballet, or ANB, an inclusive company featuring dancers of all body types and ethnicities. Eva said she only had $15 in her bank account at the time of her father's death, and she later learned that his life insurance policy had ended three months before Ashley has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and her trial is slated to start next year.