OH OH - Richard Beasley & Brogan Rafferty, 3 Craigslist killings, Noble County, 2011

[ClaireNC]

Beasley was on line alot. I found he is BayWolf59 and he's on alot of those prison talk boards. One example:
http://www.prison-discussions.info/en/mq86vzr

Meanwhile he had a halfway house? Ya have to be mighty careful with that there. Indeed there are some that have rules, regulations and serve as they should. Then you get people who go opening their own house and taking everyone's social security disability check or if they work almost their complete weekly pay. Sounds like he was doing that plus running prostitutes out of there. I have no doubt there's unfortunately some missing addicts that lived out his house.

Filly, Are you sure Beasley is BayWolf59? If so, it looks like he was using Ebay, maybe prior to Craigslist. While the current string of murders and attempted murders seem to be "pinned" on the teenager. I wonder if there are similar unsolved crimes going back much further.

Also, where did you see that he had a halfway house? I read that he was a minister and worked the streets with his message, not in an organized church.

I have a feeling that LE is just scratching the surface on this one.

 

[mysteriew]

Beasley was on line alot. I found he is BayWolf59 and he's on alot of those prison talk boards. One example:



http://www.prison-discussions.info/en/mq86vzr

Meanwhile he had a halfway house? Ya have to be mighty careful with that there. Indeed there are some that have rules, regulations and serve as they should. Then you get people who go opening their own house and taking everyone's social security disability check or if they work almost their complete weekly pay. Sounds like he was doing that plus running prostitutes out of there. I have no doubt there's unfortunately some missing addicts that lived out his house.

He definately knew what he was facing with the most recent charges.
[ame="http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=521496"]Paroled in 89 and need to get parole dropped - Prison Talk[/ame]

One of the previous media articles theorized that Beasley may have started the killings as a way to obtain new identities. He did appear pretty desperate about finding info about what the charges would do to him and finding out his options to keep from going back to prison in Texas.
Akron: Craigslist suspects planned to steal identities
http://www.wkyc.com/news/state/arti...aigslist-suspects-planned-to-steal-identities

 

[mysteriew]

Another survivor????


Interviewed for job

Ron Sanson, 58, told the Beacon Journal on Tuesday that he answered the Craigslist ad and interviewed for the job Oct. 10 at the food court inside Chapel Hill Mall.

Sanson, who lives in Stow and is an unemployed contractor, said he believes he was interviewed by Beasley. He said the man had a shaggy beard and wore a U.S. Navy baseball cap and a flannel shirt.
http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news...an-stow-teen-are-suspects-in-slaying-1.246804

 

[Sharedspirit]

There are several other men missing from the ohio valley area. I'm so worried that they will be found to be victims of this murder spree also.

 

[mysteriew]

A man said Wednesday that he interviewed for a farm job posted on Craigslist that authorities believe was used to lure people into a deadly robbery scheme, and he identified the interviewer as one of two people who are in custody.

snip...The adult whom Sanson identified as his interviewer, 52-year-old Richard Beasley, of Akron, remained in jail Wednesday on unrelated charges and couldn't be reached for comment.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-11-23/craigslist-killings-ohio/51376280/1

 

[Filly]

Filly, Are you sure Beasley is BayWolf59? If so, it looks like he was using Ebay, maybe prior to Craigslist. While the current string of murders and attempted murders seem to be "pinned" on the teenager. I wonder if there are similar unsolved crimes going back much further.

Also, where did you see that he had a halfway house? I read that he was a minister and worked the streets with his message, not in an organized church.

I have a feeling that LE is just scratching the surface on this one.

There's at least two articles that state he ran a halfway house. He received a settlement from a car accident and purchased his home which he turned into a halfway house. He took in recovering addicts both male and female. Not sure how the law is in Ohio, but here you have to be zoned for a halfway house.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/11/19/16-year-old-charged-in-shooting.html

That BayWolf59 is him on prison boards. I can't be sure of the E-Bay so I didn't link.

 

[ClaireNC]

Another body found and the FBI believes it might be Timothy Kern.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...RPArow?docId=95417c21331c42cb96be9bc7d5d5fca3

FBI spokesperson, "declined to specify how authorities discovered the body, saying only it was through "information."

The gag order on this case continues.

 

[Stoshie]

Now another in Noble county...

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/state/mans-body-found-in-shallow-grave-in-noble-county

 

[stillwatersc]

This story gets worse and worse. It makes my skin crawl. It is like a horror movie plot. Looking more & more like it belongs in the Serial Killer forum.

 

[Stoshie]

This story gets worse and worse. It makes my skin crawl. It is like a horror movie plot. Looking more & more like it belongs in the Serial Killer forum.

Yep. It is getting ugly. Has anyone seen anything about how long they have been posting this job. I just recently started to read the articles. Getting a little close to home now.

 

[Sharedspirit]

Woman contacted by FBI because she answered the craigslist ad.

I hope they have gotten access to the all the craigslist responses to that ad. Sounds like they have and they are checking to make sure everyone who responded is safe & accounted for.

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_portage/fbi-checked-safety-of-noble-county-craigslist-jobseekers-applicant-says-news-made-her-sick

 

[stillwatersc]

Beasley's 70 yo mom appears to be in major denial. He is in his 50's and she is still making excuses for him??!! There is a summary of his rap sheet at the end of the article.

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/lo...ntor-to-accused-akron-teen-in-craigslist-plot

The mother of a jailed Ohio man said Saturday her son has "a very caring heart"
...snipped...said her son took the teenager to church almost weekly, took him fishing and to the movies or to play video games, and the two also did volunteer work delivering food to needy people. "He worked as a street chaplain, did a lot of things like that, that's why all of this is difficult, you know?" the mother said. "I don't know, maybe sometimes when you work with street people, maybe you are just too close to the edge. It's all kind of confusing to me."

Timeline:
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/st...-county-craigslist-job-ad-robbery-murder-case

 

[Sharedspirit]

http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20111125/NEWS01/111125008/Two-more-bodies-discovered-may-linked-Craigslist

Anderson said the body was decomposed and could not say if it was a male or female

Timothy Kern has been missing since Nov. 13th. Would his body be that decomposed in this time frame if this was him?

 

[Sharedspirit]

Yep. It is getting ugly. Has anyone seen anything about how long they have been posting this job. I just recently started to read the articles. Getting a little close to home now.

I don't think LE has released any information about how long the ad was running. Or if there could have been other ways of advertising.

 

[Stoshie]

I don't think LE has released any information about how long the ad was running. Or if there could have been other ways of advertising.

Thanks. I haven't hear or seen anything.

 

[ohiogirl]

http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news...ay-be-related-to-craigslist-slayings-1.247285

Bodies found in Akron and Noble County may be related to Craigslist slayings
Nothing different in this link. Just different source. This is very disturbing.

Also, I, too, think that the teenager is talking. jmo

 

[ClaireNC]

http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20111125/NEWS01/111125008/Two-more-bodies-discovered-may-linked-Craigslist

Anderson said the body was decomposed and could not say if it was a male or female

Timothy Kern has been missing since Nov. 13th. Would his body be that decomposed in this time frame if this was him?

The wording of the article is misleading. There are two bodies, one is decomposed. They did not say the condition of the other one, but said "a clothed body was discovered in a shallow grave in a wooden area along Harlem Road behind the old Rolling Acres mall." That is in Akron. It is the Akron body that they think is Timothy Kern.

This really does sound like a serial killer. I wish they would say how long it was going on.

 

[Sharedspirit]

The wording of the article is misleading. There are two bodies, one is decomposed. They did not say the condition of the other one, but said "a clothed body was discovered in a shallow grave in a wooden area along Harlem Road behind the old Rolling Acres mall." That is in Akron. It is the Akron body that they think is Timothy Kern.

This really does sound like a serial killer. I wish they would say how long it was going on.

It does sound like a serial killer. I read on one of the stories posted that they were looking to see if other people were involved in the scam besides Beasely & the 16 year old.

 

[ClaireNC]

The man found in Akron has been identified as Timothy Kern. He died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head.

http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news...ied-of-multiple-gunshots-to-the-head-1.247285

 

[Sharedspirit]

So there is at least one more body that needs identified. The second one found in Noble County.