In 1984, a murderer used a hammer to bludgeon the Bennett family to death in their Aurora home. The only survivor was 3-year-old Vanessa Bennett. She lost her parents and older sister and suffered a fractured skull, jaw and pelvis.
Last week a break was made in the once-cold case. Nevada inmate Christopher Ewing was charged 34 years later in the family's murders, as well as in the slaying of a Lakewood woman who was similarly killed a week before the Bennetts.
9News investigative reporter Kevin Vaughan connected with the now 38-year-old Vanessa Bennett, who lives on the streets in Arizona today. Vaughan talked to Colorado Matters about his conversation with the sole-surviving Bennett, and the ramifications and trauma she still faces.
