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Unsolved Mysteries

Who Killed Kia?

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When 36-year-old Markia Benson fails to show up for work, both her co-worker and boyfriend are concerned. They drive to her apartment where they find Markia has been beaten to death and placed in the bathtub, with scalding hot water running over her body. Since 2016, Markia’s family has pleaded for anyone with information to come forward. To find out more about this case visit: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/who-killed-kia/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.8

There's a living room area where several papers and her passport was ripped up and left on the floor.

0:43.2

The scene suggested to us someone who was very, very angry.

0:47.6

I walked into that apartment. I 100% believed that it would be solved and that it would be

0:54.6

solved within a relatively short amount of time. Taring up her belongings and old letters

1:02.8

that were very, very old had nothing to do with anything. Her passport that almost suggested

1:08.6

that the person had some type of animosity towards her for her travels. We never thought of it staged.

1:15.7

The scene does suggest that there was some passion involved that the person was very, very upset

1:22.0

with her. To our knowledge, Marquia did not give a key to her apartment to anyone.

1:33.0

On the morning of March 30th, 2016, 36-year-old Marquia Benson texts her mother as she's

1:39.1

getting ready to leave for work and everything seems perfectly normal. But later than afternoon,

1:44.9

Marquia's employer calls concerned because Marquia never showed up for work and she's not responding

1:50.9

to texts or calls. A co-worker and Marquia's boyfriend head to her apartment to check up on her,

1:57.6

with no idea that they're about to walk into an incredibly disturbing crime scene.

2:02.0

I'm Steve French and this is Unsolved Mysteries. Who killed Kia?

2:18.0

I was at work. My mother called me around three, I guess, and says, I don't want to upset you,

2:32.9

but I got a call from Marquia's job and they said that she didn't come to work today and she

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