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Erika Sifrit is an American reality television personality who rose to fame after appearing on the MTV reality show, "Real World: Hawaii" in 1999. She is also known for her marriage to Benjamin Adam Sifrit, who was convicted of murdering two people in Ocean City, Maryland in 2002. Erika was born on February 3, 1978 in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania. She attended high school in Altoona, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1996. She then attended college at the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied psychology. In 1999, Erika was cast on the MTV reality show, "Real World: Hawaii". She was one of the seven strangers chosen to live in a house together and have their lives taped. During her time on the show, she developed a relationship with fellow cast member, Benjamin Adam Sifrit. After the show ended, Erika and Benjamin married in 2001. In 2002, the couple was arrested and charged with the murder of two people in Ocean City, Maryland. Benjamin was convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison. Erika was acquitted of all charges. Today, Erika is living a quiet life in Pennsylvania. She has not spoken publicly about her time on the show or her marriage to Benjamin. Her net worth is estimated to be around $100,000.

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In March 2010, Benjamin filed for divorce, which was granted in August 2010.

Both Sifrits have filed numerous appeals, all of which have failed. Benjamin exhausted his last appeal in 2010. He will be eligible for parole in 2021. Erika's appeal, citing ineffectiveness of counsel, was denied in 2014. She will be eligible for parole in 2024.

In July 2009, a book entitled Cruel Death, written by M. William Phelps, was released about the case.

Because of the heavy publicity of the case, the Sifrits' trials were moved out of Worcester County, Maryland. Benjamin's trial was held in Rockville, and Erika's was held in Frederick. At Benjamin's 2003 trial, a 22-year-old woman named Melissa Seling testified that she was subjected to the same ritual that Joshua and Martha endured, although she was able to avoid being killed. On April 9, 2003, Benjamin was convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the death of Crutchley, and was acquitted of all charges in the death of Joshua Ford. He was later sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison. Erika's trial started shortly afterwards, on June 3, 2003. On June 11, she was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Ford and second-degree murder in the death of Crutchley, and was later sentenced to life imprisonment plus twenty years.

On May 25, 2002, the Sifrits, both 24 at the time, met another couple, Joshua Ford and Martha Crutchley, a vacationing couple from Fairfax, Virginia. After a night of partying together at the Seacrets nightclub in Ocean City, Maryland, the two couples went back to the Sifrits' condominium located in The Rainbow on 112th Street. According to records, the Sifrits claimed that Ford and Crutchley stole Erika's purse, and Benjamin pulled a gun on the couple. After retreating to the bathroom, Ford was fatally shot four times with Erika's gun. Crutchley was also killed; investigators believe that she was stabbed, but the official cause of death could not be determined from her remains. The bodies were then dismembered and disposed of in a grocery store dumpster in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The remains were transferred to a nearby landfill, where they were recovered by searchers nine days later.

The Sifrits were arrested on May 31, 2002, but not for the murders: they were caught burglarizing a Hooters restaurant. When police searched Erika's purse, they uncovered the drivers licenses of Ford and Crutchley, who at that point had been reported missing for days. Erika confessed to murdering the couple shortly after her apprehension, but claimed the idea was her husband's.

Benjamin Sifrit is currently serving 38 years at the Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown, Maryland, while Erika is serving a life sentence plus 20 years at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup. Married in 1998, the Sifrits divorced in 2010.

Erika Elaine Grace was born in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, to Charlotte Gail "Cookie" (née Klotz) and Gerald Mitchell Grace. Benjamin Adam "BJ" Sifrit was born in Estherville, Iowa, to Elizabeth Ann "Buffie" (née Graves) and Craig Arthur Sifrit. Erika and Benjamin married in 1998, when they were both 20 years old. She was an honors student and basketball star at Mary Washington College. He graduated BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition School) but never received a SEAL Trident or qualified as a Navy SEAL before he received a bad conduct discharge for repeatedly being absent without leave, insubordination, and wearing unauthorized insignia. Shortly after marrying, the Sifrits moved near Erika's hometown of Altoona, Pennsylvania. There, they opened and operated a scrapbook store.

Erika Elaine Sifrit (née Grace; born February 3, 1978) and Benjamin Adam "BJ" Sifrit (born October 21, 1977) are an American couple convicted of murdering two tourists, Joshua Edward Ford and Martha Margene "Geney" Crutchley, in Ocean City, Maryland in 2002. The case drew substantial media attention. In 2003, both Sifrits were convicted in the murders.

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