ROCKLIN, Calif. — A Rancho Cordova man was sentenced to 71 years to life in prison after killing a man involved in a love triangle that started on Tinder.
Damon Allen Benson, 31, was convicted of holding a woman against her will and torturing her on multiple occasions in his apartment, and murdering 48-year-old Cameron Gabriel, according to the Placer County District Attorney’s Office.
The homicide dates back to a suspicious death investigation in July 2021 on the 3900 block of East Midas Avenue.
The DA’s office says all three people met separately on Tinder and Benson tortured the then 29-year-old woman to find the address of her other lover.
While he initially claimed it was self-defense, the DA’s office says surveillance shows Benson running into the victim’s home in the middle of the night, shooting then running out of the home yelling “That’s right, [expletive].”
The Rocklin Police Department and district attorney filed multiple charges against him including: murder, aggravated mayhem, torture, felony criminal threats, false imprisonment by violence and more.
