DeSoto Police Make Arrest In Beating Death Wednesday

By Julia Falcon, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

June 16, 2022

DeSoto police have a suspect in custody for a murder that occurred Wednesday evening.

A beating death was reported around 5 p.m. at the 700 block of Tara Drive. Police and fire found 45-year-old Benjamin Stephens lying by the side of a house unresponsive. Stephens was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police took 19-year-old Ociel Martinez into custody for the fatal beating of Stephens. Martinez and Stephens lived together in a group home at the 600 block of Jamille Drive.

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