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A Long Beach man suspected of raping a pregnant woman, stabbing her and killing her 6-month-old fetus has been arrested, police said Friday. Benny Lee Hendrix, 38, was booked on suspicion of


murder, rape and attempted murder after he was identified by the 23-year-old victim, said Long Beach Police Lt. Steve McAndrew. He was being held without bail at the Long Beach Jail. The


rape occurred shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday. Later that same day, Hendrix was taken into custody on unrelated charges of giving false information to police and violating parole, according


to McAndrew. While he was in custody, said McAndrew, officers began “gleaning information he might have been the rape suspect.” By Friday afternoon, the rape victim, who is still


hospitalized, had identified Hendrix as her attacker. He was booked on the murder charge pending a coroner’s determination of whether the fetus was stabbed in the attack. Hendrix is also


suspected of raping another 23-year-old woman about 24 hours before the 12:45 a.m. attack on the pregnant woman, and in the same place, said McAndrew. Both women were alone in the same


neighborhood east of downtown Long Beach when they were assaulted, said McAndrew. The first victim was grabbed out of a phone booth and dragged behind an apartment building in the 600 block


of Walnut Avenue and raped. A day later, the pregnant woman was walking home when she too was grabbed and threatened at knifepoint, said McAndrew. She was taken to the same spot, and raped


and stabbed twice in the abdomen. Neighbors, hearing her screams, called police. She was taken to St. Mary Medical Center where her fetus died during surgery, said McAndrew. The woman is


still hospitalized. MORE TO READ


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