Engineer with close ties to Fox News hosts stabbed to death in random attack in Texas park: report

A beloved Texas engineer who became close friends with Fox News stars Greg Gutfeld and Kat Timpf was murdered in an unprovoked attack while sitting on a park bench, police and reports said.Andrew James Wimsatt, 62, of Austin, was slain Sept.

7 — just moments after sitting down in the park following a visit with his mother at her Round Rock nursing home, according to Fox News.Williamson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 26-year-old Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu on murder and theft charges after surveillance cameras captured the brutal 11 a.m.attack.

Ogbodiegwu allegedly grabbed Wimsatt from behind and repeatedly stabbed him in the neck before wiping blood off his shirt and walking away, court filings obtained by Fox 7 Austin show.Wimsatt — a retired civil engineer with a Ph.D.who worked for the Texas A&M Transportation Institute — was a well-known regular among the cast of “Gutfeld!” and the former show “Red Eye.” Over years of clipping show segments and attending live events, he formed close personal ties with network personalities.“The crime, to me, is so heinous and shocking that I’m still trying to comprehend it,” Gutfeld told Fox News Digital.

“I may never.”“At first, I was suspicious, because I always assume people do things because they want things,” Gutfeld said. “I was wrong with Andrew.He did stuff for people — lots of people — because he enjoyed being of service, and promoting stuff that he genuinely enjoys and believes in.”Libertarian pundit Kat Timpf was also left “shocked, disgusted and angry” by the sudden loss of her longtime friend.“Andrew was a fan who became a friend,” she wrote on X. “Cam and I just had lunch with him in Fort Worth in June, when he drove from Austin to see my return to the stage after my father’s sudden death in May.”Timpf said she and Wimsatt stayed in touch weekly for years, offering her encouragement whenever online trolls targeted her.“He was so kind and generous ...