Morgan Absher

But after October 2017, which was five months after the murder, there was not really any progress in the case for a long time.

Lindley started a relationship with Brandon Blackwell, the guy that she met on Ashley Madison right before Ben's murder.

What about his wife?

Brandon, well, he left his wife for her.

In early 2018, they found out that they were expecting a child.

Meanwhile, Lindley sold the Renick farm for $740,000, kicking Sam and his family out.

His attempt to stop the sale in court failed, and he ended up settling with Lindley for just $18,000.

Not enough to buy a new home.

But that wasn't the only court battle over Ben's assets.

Rennick Reptiles ended up in litigation over the incomplete sale to the hockey player, Robin Leonard.

And after the murder, Robin stopped paying.

There was no more business to handle.

Yeah, Ben's gone.

Yeah.

Why make payments still?

Well, you would think.

Rennick Reptiles sued him to complete the purchase, even though part of the fine print was that Ben had to be alive and taking care of the business while Robin was... I want to pay a monthly boarding fee.

Yeah.

And so Robin basically countersued.

He claimed that Ben's murder had thrown the whole snake breeding operation into chaos.