Father Shot in Bed Next to his Sleeping Wife : Who Killed Ben Oxley?

In February 2008, 36-year-old father Ben Oxley was brutally murdered in his own home in Minden, Nevada. While he slept in bed next to his wife Melissa Oxley, an intruder entered the bedroom and shot him point-blank in the head with a shotgun. What made this case even more chilling was that his young daughter was also in the house that night. Melissa woke up covered in blood, but with no idea what had just happened, leaving investigators to wonder if the killer had been right beside her all along. At first, suspicion fell on Melissa and her teenage brother, who lived with them, but as detectives dug deeper, a shocking trail of evidence began to point elsewhere.The truth unraveled into a dark story of custody battles, jealousy, and deadly betrayal. Investigators discovered that Ben’s ex-wife, Dawn Oxley, and her boyfriend James Matlean had conspired to get Ben out of the picture. Matlean eventually confessed to pulling the trigger after Dawn allegedly encouraged the murder and even drew him a map of the home. In 2012, James Matlean was sentenced to life in prison without parole, while Dawn avoided murder charges by testifying against him. The case of Ben Oxley’s murder is one of the most haunting true crime stories of a father executed in his sleep, a wife under suspicion, and a family torn apart by violence.