Alex Ewing is a known serial killer of 1984 using ax-handle, which gave him the name Hammer Killer. He is making headlines after People Magazine Investigates’ episode revisiting the case through the eyes of Venessa Bennett, a survivor of his attack. Venessa lost her entire family to the incident where her mother, father, and sister died.
The episode aired on 11 July at 9 PM ET.
Who Is Alex Ewing? Wikipedia Details
Alex Ewing is a convicted murderer. He is famous as a hammer killer who killed an entire Bennett family after creeping into their home in Colorado. Moreover, he was accused of raping and beating Patricia Smith to death with a hammer. Even after being a famous serial killer, he doesn’t have any Wikipedia page.
Alex Ewing enjoys his birthday on 14 August every year. He will be 62 years old in 2022, as he was born in 1960. Since he was born in North Carolina, he holds an American nationality. Alex has white ethnicity and has faith in Christianity as a religion. His full name is Alex Christopher Ewing.
Alex has been to a local high school in North Carolina. However, there is no information about his graduation from there.
The soon-to-be 62 years old convict has a height of 5 feet and 7 inches and a decent weight.
What Did Alex Ewing Do?
Alex Ewings was firstly charged with murdering a woman in Lakewood in January 1984. He faces first-degree murder charges for raping and murdering Patricia Smith, who is an interior designer. Alex used a hammer to slay her.
Furthermore, Alex was even accused of murdering Bruce and Debra Bennett and their 7-year-old daughter Melissa just 6 days after his first incident.
Moreover, Court has convicted Alex of a murder attempt on a couple in Henderson, Nevada. He is a suspect in various other crimes. Firstly, he is suspected of breaking into a home and beating a sleeping couple with a hammer, where the couple had head injuries but survived.
Secondly, a man raped and viciously beat a flight attendant in her garage, leaving her to die.
Where Is Alex Ewing Now?
Currently, Alex Ewing is in Colorado, where he was moved in early 2020, to face charges in two cases; the Patricia Smith murder case and the Bennet family murder case. He was moved after his DNA matched with the DNA from the Smith and Bennett crime scenes in 2018.
At the time, Alex faces life behind bars with the possibility of parole after 20 years for the murder of Patricia. In addition, the judge in the Bennett family murder case sentenced Ewing to three consecutive life terms, all but guaranteeing he would die behind bars.
Prior to that, he was serving his 110 years sentence in Nevada for a 1984 ax-handle attack on a couple in Henderson.