On Sept. 16, Ben’s father, Michael Watkins, 46, shot and killed Ben’s mother, Leila Edwards, 43, before taking his own life in their home in Gary’s Miller section, according to. The Chicago Tribune was told by police that Leila Edwards and Mike Watkins died in a domestic violence incident ruled as a murder-suicide. The teenage cook lost both of his parents, Leila Edwards, 43, and Mike Watkins, 46, in a September 2017 murder-suicide when he was just 11. His father fatally shot his mother.
The teenage cook lost both of his parents, Leila Edwards, 43, and Mike Watkins, 46, in a September 2017 murder-suicide when he was just 11. His father fatally shot his mother. In September 2017, the aspiring chef lost both of his parents, Leila Edwards and Mike Watkins, in a murder-suicide, according to the Chicago Tribune. Before his parents'.