Three Men Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Aggravated Murder for Killing 29-Year-Old Alyson Appling-France in Front of Her Two Children; We Need Your Help Locating Third Defendant Clarence Bennett

On January 10, 2024, Clarence Bennett followed the victim to a local Target in Cleveland. He watched Alyson Appling-France exit her driver’s vehicle with her two daughters, ages 6 and 10, and enter Target. He then waited until she exited the store and re-entered the vehicle. He informed Jamar Skanes and Alontez Beasley she was heading back to her apartment with her two daughters.

The victim’s driver pulled into Appling-France’s apartment complex near Detroit Avenue and Berea Road in Cleveland. Jamar Skanes and Alontez Beasley were waiting for her to arrive. As the victim opened the vehicle door and began to unload groceries, Beasley approached her and shot her 17 times within seconds. Skanes and Beasley then fled the scene. The victim’s driver immediately drove her to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced deceased. The Cleveland Division of Police responded to the scene. On January 26, Skanes and Beasley were arrested.

The U.S. Marshals Service’s Violent Fugitive Task Force is actively searching for this individual. If you have any information about this matter, please contact the U.S. Marshals at 1.866.4.WANTED.