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Face of copycat killer that tried to mutilate woman inside Dexter-inspired murder chamber in Oldbury Airbnb
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. Birmingham Mail is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 5 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC. 4 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Face of copycat killer that tried to mutilate woman inside Dexter-inspired murder chamber in Oldbury Airbnb”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Benjamin Day, 20, from Redditch was so obsessed with US television show Dexter that he rented a room in Tividale and transformed it to mimic the terrifying crimes committed by the show's fictional serial killer
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Birmingham Mail
'Dexter copycat killer tried to mutilate woman's body in Oldbury Airbnb' - jury told
- Picked up by Birmingham Mail
'Dexter copycat killer tried to mutilate women's body in Oldbury Airbnb' - jury told
- Picked up by Birmingham Mail
Reported by 1 outlet
- Birmingham Mail