Articles labeled: stephanie spears

A man who between the ages of 9 and 18 acted in such movies and shows like “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” and “Trapper John, MD” is now wanted in the 2004 murder of his girlfriend and the abduction of their 3 year old son.

[Mark] Everett — whose real name is Manuel Benitez — moved to Miami and, according to the FBI, sold drugs to supplement the money he made doing odd jobs.

He would come to play a real-life role far bigger and more notorious than any of his on-screen personas: a fugitive wanted for killing his girlfriend and abducting their son.

In 1996, Benitez, 26, met Stephanie Spears, and he won her over with his sociable, grandiose way. But the man Stephanie and her family knew was Mark Everett. They didn’t know Benitez, or his drug-dealing past.