# He sent kind messages. Then a park bench

> A 62-year-old Texas engineer beloved by Fox News hosts was killed on a park bench minutes after visiting his mother.
- Title: He sent kind messages. Then a park bench · Fox News | Shortify
- Summary: A 62-year-old Texas engineer beloved by Fox News hosts was killed on a park bench minutes after visiting his mother. Andrew Wimsatt's killing turned a…
- Keywords: true crime, texas, murder, repeat offender, fox news, news, politics, sent, kind, messages, park, bench
- Source: Fox News — https://foxnews.com/us/texas-man-remembered-fox-news-hosts-repeat-offender-arrested-savage-park-bench-slaying
- Author: Michael Ruiz
- Published: 2026-09-11T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: true crime, texas, murder, repeat offender, fox news, news, politics
## Killed on a park bench
Andrew James Wimsatt, 62, an Austin engineer, was stabbed from behind in a Round Rock park on Sept. 7. Authorities call it a random attack.
## Minutes after seeing his mother
He had just visited his mom at a nearby nursing home. He sat down around 11 a.m. A few minutes later a man grabbed him from behind.
## The whole thing was filmed
Surveillance video captured the stabbing. Wimsatt struggled but could not push the attacker off. The suspect wiped blood on his shirt and walked away.
## A life bigger than the headline
Wimsatt had a Ph.D. in civil engineering, worked at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, and is credited as an executive producer on a Penn Jillette film.
## The fan who became a friend
Kat Timpf said he supported her through career pile-ons and they had lunch in Fort Worth in June. She expected to see him at a Nevada show this month.

> Whenever the rest of the internet was making me feel hopeless about the state of the world, I could always count on a message from Andrew
## Gutfeld's disbelief
Wimsatt found Greg Gutfeld through "Red Eye," clipped segments, and showed up at live events. Gutfeld said he assumed there was an angle. There wasn't.

> He did stuff for people because he enjoyed being of service
## An arrest and a strange alibi
Deputies arrested Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu, 26, and say they recovered bloody clothes, prints and the weapon. Shown the video, he claimed he had an unnamed twin.
## Out of jail since June
Ogbodiegwu has a Williamson County record going back to 2017, with two arrests this year for theft and fake ID. He was jailed January to April and released June 9.
## Who answers for this
He is held on $1 million bond with a pre-indictment docket call Oct. 8. Gutfeld wants accountability for everyone who left the suspect free.

> He was a kind, generous man, nearly beheaded in a park on a sunny morning, for no reason, just because
## Key takeaway

Andrew Wimsatt's killing turned a private act of kindness into a public argument about who gets released and who pays for it.