Oct 17, 2025

Man going to prison for Kansas double-murder

Posted Oct 17, 2025 12:00 AM
Police tape near the fatal shooting investigation in April 2021 -photo courtesy KWCH
Police tape near the fatal shooting investigation in April 2021 -photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man is going to prison for a double murder at a mobile home park in 2021.

On October 10, Judge Sean Hatfield sentenced 35-year-old  Steven Fessenden to 188 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

Fessenden photo Sedgwick County
Fessenden photo Sedgwick County

In Augus, Fessenden pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. 

On April 24,  2021 sheriff's deputies were sent to a check shots call at the Englewood mobile home park located at 3201 E MacArthur in Wichita, according to Sheriff's Lt. Benjamin Blick.

While responding, deputies received information that a man and woman were inside the residence with apparent gunshot wounds.

When deputies arrived, they had to force entry to the home. Inside the home, they located 42-year-old Nathan Brock and 41-year-old Trisha Benjamin deceased, according to Blick.

On April 26, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s detectives arrested and booked  Fessenden of Wichita for the murder. He was not charged in the crime.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Fessenden a second time in connection to the deaths.