Shocking Discovery of High School Student Predator 1987 Murder of Cathy Sposito Solved
Bryan Bennett has been identified as the suspect, he died in 1994
After nearly four decades, the killer of college student Cathy Sposito has been identified.
Twenty-three-year-old Cathy Sposito had been hiking on the Thumb Butte Trail in Prescott, Arizona, on June 13, 1987.
It had been early in the day, but the sun had been well up. Cathy had only just left the trailhead when she was viciously attacked. This was a very popular hiking trail, and multiple people had heard her screaming, but no one could find her until it was too late.
Cathy was found in a brutal overkilling. She had been hit in the head with a rock, which might have been an attempt to immobilize her. She had also been beaten with a rachet that had been left behind by the killer, shot in the face, and stabbed.
It had been a brazen attack. There were people around; it was daylight, and Cathy had fought back with every ounce of strength she had, and people were responding to her screams and trying to find her.
Years later, another woman was attacked in almost identical circumstances. This woman had been camping nearby and had decided to hike the nearby trail. She had…
