Prosecution Has Withdrawn The Death Penalty In The Case Of A Carter County Man Charged With First Degree Murder And Rape In The Death Of An 89-Year-Old Woman. Chad Benfield Allegedly Raped And Killed Mary Nolen In 2017 At Her Home In Stoney Creek. Prosecutors Said The Death Penalty Is Rarely Carried Out In Tennessee And That Was Part Of The Decision Process. Benfield Has An Hearing Motion Set On The Case For August 3rd In Elizabethton.
