SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Billy Benjamin Hernandez, featured this past Monday on "Manhunt Monday" is off the streets after he turned himself in. SLO County Sheriff Public Information Officer, Tony Cipolla Hernandez, "Told our investigator that he knew he was wanted because of what he read in the media."
The Sheriff Department said, on 11-7-12, attempted murder suspect Billy Benjamin Hernandez turned himself in at the Sheriff's North Patrol Station in Templeton. Hernandez had been on the run since 11-1-12 after witnesses say he attacked a man at a home in the 3200 block of Eagle Point Lane in Heritage Ranch.
Witnesses say Hernandez stabbed the victim multiple times and then fled the scene. Hernandez was arrested for attempted murder and is now in custody at the San Luis Obispo County Jail. The case has now been turned over to the District Attorney's office for review and the filing of charges.
