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For other uses of Ben, see Ben (disambiguation).

Forrest, Benedict “Ben”

Appeared in Strangers in Death (Tuesday, March 18, 2060 – Saturday, March 22, 2060)

Personal Information[]

Description[]

  • Peabody described him as cute with that easygoing, athletic thing happening.[2]
  • Handsome hazel eyes.[3]

Personality[]

  • Roarke described him as a casual sort of man; agreeable and smarter than a lot (of people) took him for.[4] A nice guy.[5]
  • He said Ben (in regards to women) tended toward younger, career-oriented, athletic types who’d be happy kicking back with a beer.[6]

History[]

  • Thomas Anders raised Ben after Ben’s mother was eaten by a shark while scuba diving off the coast of Madagascar (Ben was about six-years-old at the time).[1]
  • When his mother died, he was living in New Orleans under the care of a nanny and numerous servants. She had been an adrenaline junkie and was thirty-five at the time of her death; she was twice divorced with only one child.[7]
  • Ben said Thomas Anders was like a father to him. Anders applied for custody of Ben and when the biological father didn’t protest, custody was granted to Anders (he, apparently, paid off the father for five million).[8] Ben and Ava (before the murder) weren’t particularly close; they didn’t have anything in common besides Tommy.[9]
  • He came into a nice chunk of change when he turned twenty-one, another portion at twenty-five, another at thirty. He has an MBA from Harvard, where he played baseball and lacrosse. He worked his way up in the company at Anders Worldwide.[10]

Interesting Facts[]

  • He had played golf with Anders on Sunday and was planning on attending the Knicks game that Tuesday (the day of Anders’s murder).[11]
  • When Anders was murdered, Ben was at home with Gatch Brooks; she had spent the night with him.[11]
  • He said his uncle didn’t cheat on his wife, Ava.[12]
  • Leopold Walsh was in love with Ben though Ben was unaware of Leopold’s feelings.[13]
  • When Thomas Anders died, his fifty-five percent of the shares in the company would be divided between Ava and Benedict. Previously, Benedict had held fifteen percent and would receive forty percent.[14]

References[]

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