On June 8, 2017, Ben Renick, a nationally known snake breeder, was found dad inside his reptile warehouse in New Florence, Missouri. At first, many assumed the snakes were to blame. Ben worked daily among thousands of venomous reptiles, and the scene was chaotic — cages, tools, and blood everywhere. But when investigators arrived, they quickly realized this was no accident. Ben hadn’t been bitten. He had been **sht multiple times**, execution-style, in the very place he built his life’s work. Th