BP - Houston, Texas Area since Feb 2005
Turnaround/Construction Mgr.
BP 2005 - 2012
Construction/Turnaround Manager
Reliant Energy 1999 - 2003
Inspection Specialist
Education:
Abilene Christian University 1987 - 1988
Alvin Community College 1985 - 1986
Ireland was imprisoned at the age of 18 and released in 2009 at age 39 after DNA tests proved another man fatally beat and raped 30-year-old Barbara Pelkey in Wallingford. The other man, Kevin Benefield, is serving a 60-year prison sentence for killing Pelkey, a mother of four.
Date: Jan 29, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Kenneth Ireland Testifies On Being Wrongfully Imprisoned
With the help of the Connecticut Innocence Project, DNA evidence overturned Irelands conviction. The real killer turned out to be Kevin Benefield, who is now serving a 60 year sentence for the crime.
In 2012, Kevin Benefield was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the beating death of Pelkey, who was 30. Benefield worked at a catering and car business in the Wallingford building where Pelkey worked and Ireland was employed at a local sandwich shop.
Forty-seven-year-old Kevin Benefield was sentenced Friday in New Haven Superior Court for the beating death of Barbara Pelkey, a 30-year-old mother of four who police say was also sexually assaulted. The former Bronx resident was convicted in January of murder and felony murder.