A Carter County Man Charged In The Death Of An Elderly Elizabethton Woman Will Be Court Tuesday To Be Arraigned.. On July 14th, 89 Year Old Mary Nolen Was Discovered Injured Inside Her Home On Dan Bowers Road. It Was Later Determined She Had Been Assaulted And Died From Blunt Force Trauma. Chad Benfield Is Charged With Felony Murder And Especially Aggravated Burglary . Carter County Sheriff Dexter Lunceford Said Investigators Interviewed The Suspect’s Ex-Girlfriend And About 20 Others. Bond For Benfield Was Set At A Half-A-Million Dollars.