This Friday, June 27, 2025, Dateline NBC revisits the haunting case of Ben Renick in an encore episode titled Secrets of the Snake Farm. Reported by Andrea Canning, the episode unpacks the calculated and cold-blooded murder of one of the reptile world’s most respected figures. Ben Renick, a 29-year-old snake breeder renowned for his work with exotic reptiles, was found shot to death at his , Dateline correspondent Andrea Canning investigates the murder of world-renowned snake breeder Ben Renick in Missouri, where he was found shot to death in the facility he owned with his wife , As far as Missouri authorities are concerned, jurors saw through 33-year-old Lynlee Renick 's emotional testimony. Judge Kevin Crane expressed no sympathy for her when following the jury's recommended punishment because she had Ben Renick, 29, killed., Ben Renick was a snake breeder from Missouri. On June 8, 2017, he was discovered dead in his reptile business facility, where there were thousands of snakes., Ben Renick was actually an internationally renowned snake breeder. What had started as an interest when he was only a child had quickly blossomed into a booming business., The first responders initially believed Ben was killed by one of his snakes and set out to look for a missing reptile. However, the discovery of shell casings made it clear that Ben was murdered..