Larry Benford

Larry Benford died in August 2021 at Dismas House of St. Louis, a federal halfway house where he was held in community custody. St. Louis City Medical Examiner records, obtained by KMOV through public records, list the cause of death as fentanyl or a combination of fentanyl and other illicit drugs, with the manner listed as an accidental overdose. The Bureau of Prisons listed the cause of his death as unknown in its own records.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. St. Louis City Medical Examiner records list fentanyl or a combination of fentanyl and other illicit drugs as the cause, while federal records list the cause as unknown.

Reported by: St. Louis City Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); First Alert 4 (public records) (reporters).

Source

• Eight OD deaths at a St. Louis halfway house flew under the radar. So far, there’s been a lack of accountability KMOV, April 28, 2026