Utah death row inmate Taberon Honie executed for brutal murder of ex-girlfriend's mother in 1998

Published 2024-08-08
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who killed his girlfriend's mother by cutting her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state's first execution since 2010.

Taberon Dave Honie, 48, was convicted of aggravated murder in the July 1998 death of Claudia Benn.

Honie was 22 when he broke into Benn's house in Cedar City after a day of heavy drinking and drug use and repeatedly slashed her throat and stabbed her in other parts of her body. Benn's grandchildren, including Honie's then 2-year-old daughter, were in the house at the time.

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All Comments (21)
  • @DoobieDeb
    WHY DO THEY DRAG IT ON OMG WHAT ABOUT THE POOR VICTIM HE LIVED 27 YEARS AFTER THE KILLING REALLY!!!!
  • The only thing thats unfair about this is he gets to pass peacefully...put to sleep ..what about his victim ...there was nothing peaceful about what he did to her ...and that poor baby girl ...We definitely need the death penalty in every country ...
  • @GregSr
    Gentleman: a man who is polite and behaves well toward other people, especially women: He was a perfect gentleman. Calling this cold blooded killer a GENTLEMAN is beyond insane! I can't think of a more misapplied word. Does the narrator have any idea what the meaning of gentleman is? What part of murdering his victim is GENTLE?
  • @user-es3zh3jk5o
    People protesting have totally forgotten about the victim and the victims families and friends. It's rediculous that this process takes decades
  • @SashiCat96
    Yeah well the way Claudia was killed was highly cruel & unusual. Imagine her terror. This is about the victims. Always.
  • @darrenreed3257
    Life without parole means more money the tax payers have to pay
  • @jennifert2953
    I don't know if I agree with the death penalty. However, the defense attorney comments about how the killer was young and drug-addicted. There are plenty of young drug addicts that don't kill a friend by beating them, slashing her throat and sexually assaulting her with a knife. Its an insult to people with substance issues.
  • Of course his life has changed..in prison he detoxed and couldn't get drugs or alcohol...but did the VICTIMS life change ? How about the children who witnessed this horrific crime?? Let's focus on the VICTIM ..not the criminal and his woes...he chose to do it and now faces the CONSEQUENCES...ITS TIME FOLKS FACE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO and stop feeling bad for them...this guy did it and now deal with it
  • Was there this much press for the innocent lives taken from people like this? What a hypocrisy...
  • @tracyrains8470
    What if he murdered someone in your family? You don't know what you're talking about. Take him home. Let his kind live with you. See for yourself. Open your eyes. Evil be gone. Not kept.
  • @ronwade5646
    May his victims rest in peace. May he find justice in hell
  • @Lunabracco
    And why should the murderer have freedom?
  • @Lunabracco
    I wish we had the DP here in the UK we have some inhuman beings here that I would gladly flip the switch on! And there is NO DOUBT these are the killers who did the horrible crimes, just take a look at recent murders in the south of UK then you will know, or the recent murders of three innocent children there should be no 27 years in prison on tax payers money for these dispicable crimes! These people who want the DP abolished are not thinking about the REAL victims here!
  • @sherireedy329
    Wow! All of those people there in support of this monster is crazy!! What about the poor girl and her family 😢😢
  • To discuss the inhumanity of these drugs but the suffering of that poor woman and child being sexually assaulted are not mentioned..now we talking of inhumanity
  • he had 25 years too long the victim lost everything plus SA and the little girl too..... next time dont wait.
  • @drmichaelshea
    Why so much news coverage? He cared nothing for his victims.