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Despite the gag order issued by the judge overseeing the grand jury proceedings in this case, Fawley's landlord Sam Forrest spoke to WJLA ABC8 News about Ben Fawley's character. Forrest, calling himself a great judge of character says he now realizes he was fooled by the only named suspect in the death of Taylor Behl. At least two people were summoned to testify on Wednesday, one of those, Forrest says that he now realizes that he was deceived by Ben Fawley. He believed that Fawley was a very likeable guy. Apparently, he believed Fawley was a genuine friend, as he added Ben Fawley to his will, leaving Fawley the four-unit apartment building where Fawley was living. Forrest says that he now hates himself for believing anything that the "smooth talking" Ben Fawley had to say.

Benjamin W. Fawley, a 38-year old man with a violent past against women, and admittedly committing a felony while he choked the life out of Taylor Marie Behl, a 17-year old college freshman. How did this happen? How did Taylor fall victim to someone known to many to have such a sordid history? Here is the story -- as Fawley would have you believe it.

On Labor Day, September 5, 2005, Taylor Marie Behl left the home of her father, Matt Behl, after visiting with him briefly over the first long weekend of the 2005-2006 school year. Taylor had visited with her mother earlier in the weekend, excitedly sharing stories of campus life on the VCU campus, located in the capital city of Richmond, VA.

Fawley claims that after Taylor returned to her dorm, she met up with an ex-boyfriend with whom she maintained a friendship and had dinner with him at the Village Cafe'. After dinner, Fawley says that Taylor stopped by his apartment, located not so far from her dorm room. In fact, Fawley had recently moved from an apartment several miles away to one located very close to the FCU campus.

At one time Fawley said that he and Taylor had an intimate encounter, after which he escorted her back to her dorm room. We know that Taylor arrived at her dorm room sometime close to 10 P.M., and that she decided to leave for a few hours to give her roommate a little privacy with her boyfriend. Taylor left the dorm at about 10:20 or 10:30 P.M., ostensibly intending go skateboarding with Ian, Kevin and Jesse. Taylor had spoken of her three new friends to her mother during the long weekend. Skateboarding was a new hobby that Taylor had only recently begun. In at least one report, it is learned that the skateboard used by Taylor was one that she had borrowed from Fawley. This is likely the reason that the search warrants served on Fawley’s residence listed skateboards as items they wanted to examine.

It is not clear if Taylor met up with Kevin, Ian, or Jesse for skateboarding; but, according to Fawley we know that sometime after she left her dorm room, she met up with Ben Fawley. It is possible that Fawley was waiting for her when she left the dorm. It is also possible that Ben met up with her after she went skateboarding. It is also possible that Fawley joined her for skateboarding, either with the three young men, or just Fawley and Taylor. Or, the other possibility is that Taylor never had the opportunity to go skateboarding that evening. None of that is clear. What is clear, however, is that Ben Fawley now says that sometime in the early hours of September 6th he and Taylor drove to the Atlantic coast of Virginia, located 70 to 75 miles east of Richmond.

Fawley says that they ended up at a beach in rural Mathews County. It was there that Taylor died, or so says Fawley. While at the beach, Fawley claims that he and Taylor again became intimate, playing with the dangerous fetish, erotic-asphyxia. From some accounts, Fawley’s interest in erotic-asphyxia (also referred to as asphyxiophilia, asphyxiphilia, or hypoxiphilia) went a step further into the subcategory of plastic-bag erotic-asphyxia. This particular fetish was thought to be limited to younger males, but in recent studies that notion has been dispelled, as older men and women of all ages also find this fetish necessary for their satisfaction. This is a particularly dangerous fetish for obvious reasons. The most dangerous form, however, is the auto-erotic-asphyxia, where the individual restricts their own oxygen intake, and sometimes not leaving enough of a safety margin to remove the object used to restrict their oxygen intake.

Fawley claims that during their "rough sex" Taylor accidentally died as a result of playing with erotic-asphyxia during a sexual encounter in her car while at the beach. Fawley claims that he panicked, and during the throes of his panic, he found his way to the property adjacent to a farm owned by ex-girlfriend Erin Crabill. Once at the property, and in the middle of the night, he found a slight depression in the earth that some referred to as a small "ravine" on the side of a dirt road. There he removed Taylor's body from the car and placed her in the ditch. After that, Fawley drove Taylor's car either all the way back to Richmond, or at least part of the way, as the gas station receipt and the clerk prove that Fawley was in the area and driving Taylor's car, or at least one very similar to Taylor’s.

In probably the most bizarre attempt at creating an alibi, Fawley later told police a story that involved an assault, robbery, and abduction. Since we have not heard a retraction of this story about his own abduction, he must have arrived back in Richmond just in time for some of his ex-girlfriend's friends to attack him, hitting him in the abdomen with an unknown object. Then the unknown number of unknown abductors pulled some type of bag over his head and threw him the back of a car. The abductors drove for an unknown amount of time, to an unknown area, on an unknown dirt road, and tossed Fawley out of the unknown type of car. He then received a ride from an unknown Hispanic man, who drove an unknown type of car. The route back to Richmond was unknown to Fawley at the time he filed a police report. Then, for some unknown reason, he waited nearly 12 hours to file a police report.

Later that night when he "learned" that Taylor was missing, he "became very concerned." Over the next few days, Fawley handed out missing flyers on and around the VCU campus. At one point he was interviewed by a TV reporter, on the condition that the video not show his face. He told the reporter he was concerned for Taylor's safety.

During the early days of the investigation, Fawley spoke with the police, telling them that he last saw Taylor when he left her at her dorm. We now know that statement in false. He also admitted to having an ongoing sexual relationship with Taylor, which at least one friend on of Taylor’s disputes saying Taylor’s interest in Fawley was short-termed.

The police learned, through interviews with Fawley’s friends, ex-friends, and ex-roommates that Fawley had a fixation on young women, and that he had a collection of what they believed to be child pornography. Armed with those beliefs, the police obtained a search warrant to look for items that supported that belief, and to search for items belonging to Taylor Behl. Once the search warrants were served, and Fawley's computers seized, he continued to maintain the story that he had no idea how Taylor disappeared, and that he had nothing to do with it. Until his arrest on the child pornography charges, Fawley posted with regularity on his myriad websites proclaiming his innocence and bemoaning the treatment he was receiving from the press, the police, Taylor's family, and the public-in-general. Even after the police seized all of Fawley’s computers, Fawley continued to post on his websites leading many to believe that police did not find all of Fawley's computers, or Fawley was using computers belonging to a friend or friends.

This is the first of a multi-part series of information that I have planned. I am not sure how many parts there will be in the long run, but I do know that there is at least one more. The second part should be ready to post before the end of the weekend.

WJLA ABC-7 News

The links below are to the major network news and the stations in the area providing full coverage of Taylor's Case. These are the major source of the information provided on this site. Also included are links to the various Weblogs and other sites of interest.

The links below are to the major network news and the stations in the area providing full coverage of Taylor's Case. These are the major source of the information provided on this site. Also included are links to the various Weblogs and other sites of interest.

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