Samantha Heller was just 17 years old  on December 4th, 2012 when her life was taken from her.  She was in the car with her boyfriend, when he intentionally drove his car off the road at over 110MPH.  The crash didn't kill her, but his actions afterwards did.

Listen to her story now!



Domestic Abuse Resources:

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

Teen Dating Violence Resrouces & Information:

https://youth.gov/youth-topics/teen-dating-violence/resources

https://youth.gov/youth-topics/prevalence-teen-dating-violence#:~:text=in%20their%20lifetime.-,Physical%20Violence,9%20percent%20to%2057%20percent.&text=Nationally%2C%20according%20to%20the%20Youth,in%20the%20past%2012%20months.



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Episode Sources:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/ben-klinger-admits-killing-17-year-old-girlfriend-gets-28-to-56-year-sentence/article_62e78674-2f73-11e4-840b-001a4bcf6878.html

https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/contests/judge-rules-lancaster-county-man-cannot-take-back-his-guilty-plea-for-murder-of-girlfriend-in-2012/521-fcbb2bb1-8321-40d5-b42e-6fc4f0a641ac

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2253954/Horror-man-suffocated-pregnant-17-year-old-girlfriend-sitting-head-intentionally-slamming-car-guardrail-100-mph.html#:~:text=The%20bizarre%20and%20tragic%20incident,proceeded%20to%20smother%20his%20girlfriend.

https://lancasteronline.com/obituaries/samantha-nicole-sammi-heller/article_bc480af9-f955-58c1-9ac0-29c95758b2cb.html

https://www.legacy.com/link.asp?i=ls000178940053

https://www.wgal.com/article/man-who-pleaded-guilty-to-murder-wants-new-trial-1/6241689

https://local21news.com/news/local/judge-rules-that-inmate-cannot-take-back-his-guilty-plea

https://truecrimedaily.com/2018/01/19/horror-on-the-highway-benjamin-klinger-discusses-samantha-heller-murder-from-prison/

https://lancasteronline.com/news/more-details-released-in-death-of-teen-allegedly-smothered-by-boyfriend/article_a9a649dc-5a21-572f-b8ea-f70fd4c2fd26.html

https://abc7chicago.com/girlfriend-suffocated-after-crash-lancaster-county-benjamin-klinger-samantha-heller/288874/

https://www.abc27.com/news/judge-man-who-crashed-car-to-kill-girlfriend-cant-withdraw-plea/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzJA_5JbdbE&t=710s