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

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The free brogan rafferty facebook page was taken down late Monday. I took a look before it was taken down. It was a place where his friends were defending him and others were attacking him.

Sharedspirit, I also did a search and didn't find anything on the last victim.
 
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/lo...hard-Beasley-appears-in-court-on-drug-charges

Richard Beasley, 52, was brought into the courtroom in a wheelchair for a hearing on his pending drug charges.
...snipped....Beasley has not been charged in the craigslist case, but Rafferty faces charges including aggravated murder and attempted murder.
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Wheelchair? A prop? Why hasn't Beasley been charged with the CL case? The survivor should be able to ID him along with some of the mall interviewee's.
 
Craigslist Used in Deadly Ploy to Lure Victims in Ohio

More bodies may still be found, as the bogus advertisement, which was picked up by online job aggregators, drew more than 100 responses from Ohio and other states.

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Law enforcement officials have arrested two suspects, Richard J. Beasley, 52, of Akron and Brogan Rafferty, 16, a high school student from nearby Stow. Mr. Beasley, who has a long criminal record, has not been charged in connection with the killings yet but is being held on other charges, including 15 counts of promoting prostitution and also selling the painkiller OxyContin. On Thursday, sources said that the federal government had filed kidnapping and wire fraud charges in connection with the Craigslist case. (The F.B.I. would confirm only that it had issued a hold to keep Mr. Beasley incarcerated.)

Mr. Beasley appeared in court on the drug charge on Thursday, and on Friday he is to be arraigned on the prostitution charges.

Mr. Rafferty has been charged with the attempted murder of Scott Davis, 48, of South Carolina, the aggravated murder of David Pauley, 51, of Norfolk, Va., and two counts of complicity in those crimes. Prosecutors want the teenager, a tall youth who towered over the police officers escorting him from the courthouse in Caldwell this week, to be tried as an adult, something that is virtually routine in Ohio for crimes this serious. Judge John W. Nau of Noble County Common Pleas Court has issued a gag order in the case; he will take up the issue on Dec. 15.


full article at link .............................

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/u...o-by-craigslist-job-ad.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
 
I hadn't been able to make up my mind on Beasley. Since they have charged Rafferty on the murder and not Beasley, I couldn't decide if that meant they don't have anything on Beasey or if it meant they are cooking up something special on him? Looks like maybe it might be something special. It would make sense for them to file on him under federal charges.
 
Reports also emerged that Beasley should not have been free at the time of the Craigslist murders and that he was improperly set free by an Ohio judge.

After spending some time in a Texas prison, Beasley was released on parole in 2004 and transferred to Ohio. He was on parole there when he was arrested earlier this year. Those new charges resulted in a parole warrant being issued and he bonded out of jail twice in July. Texas authorities say he was supposed to be held without bond.

"The offender was released from detention on 7/12/11 under an Ohio judge's order despite the existence of the Texas warrant and detainer," read a statement from the Texas Department of Corrections. "All Texas Parole Warrants are no bond warrants."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/body-linked-phony-craigslist-ad-identified/story?id=15079632

Rafferty is due back in court on Dec. 15 to determine if he is going to be tried as an adult or a juvenile.

I am really interested in that hearing for several reasons. Ohio does usually try juveniles as adults. It is very common. Yet here there are several arguments against it. He is a juvenile, he has no known criminal history and he was allegedly acting under the direction of his adult mentor/employer/friend. Also there have been statements from the parents that he is telling LE everything. I'm thinking that might have been used as part of a plea dea, if he talked they could try him as a juvey.
 
You're right, he is almost believable. And yes, what about the drugs and prostitution?

I guess we'll have to wait to see what comes out of the testimony of the surviving victim.

Guess someone should tell Brogan Rafferty that Beasley is putting this all out on him. Wonder what he'll have to say about that?

Wonder IF any of those people he was to have allegedly helped out of that group home, ended up disappeared? Perhaps LE should check out the status of some of these people Beasley claimed to have helped. Maybe Rafferty could shed light on that.


just a question,
fran
 
Third Body Possibly Tied to Craigslist Ad Identified

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/0...-ad-identified/?test=latestnews#ixzz1fVZXT4ja

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The body of Ralph Geiger was found in a shallow grave before noon Friday in the same area another body was found this month in the heavily wooded area in southeastern Ohio, Noble County Sheriff Steve Hannum said.
Hannum, under a gag order from a judge, did not say whether Geiger, 56, of Akron, answered the same ad promising farmhand work that authorities say led to the deaths of two other men.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/0...-ad-identified/?test=latestnews#ixzz1fVZh6Hkw
 
ClaireNC said:
Another article on Beasley's hearing yesterday:

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/a...titution_hearing_for_ohio_craigslist_suspect/

I thought this line was particularly interesting:

"Beasley was arraigned in Summit County Common Pleas Court in Akron on a 15-count prostitution indictment, including one count that he pressed a 17-year-old boy into prostitution."

BBM
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"Mentoring a 16 yo", a 17 yo prostituting for him. More and more I think they will find child sex abuse in this case. I don't know how but I sense that it will touch the case somehow.

I am also wondering, is this guy gay?
 
I don't know if this is related.......

I did find a listing for an unnamed business called Ralph H. Geiger. Other sites call it an unclassified business.
http://www.yellowbot.com/ralph-h-geiger-akron-oh.html
http://www.insiderpages.com/b/15240724720/ralph-h-geiger-akron

Allegedly Beasley interviewed the men and was looking for men who didn't have family and who would most likely not be missed. In their interviews with other victims they must have missed things, because they were missed rather quickly. But I am thinking they may have actually met their target on Gieger and maybe he was never reported as missing.
 
mysteriew said:
Reports also emerged that Beasley should not have been free at the time of the Craigslist murders and that he was improperly set free by an Ohio judge.

After spending some time in a Texas prison, Beasley was released on parole in 2004 and transferred to Ohio. He was on parole there when he was arrested earlier this year. Those new charges resulted in a parole warrant being issued and he bonded out of jail twice in July. Texas authorities say he was supposed to be held without bond.

"The offender was released from detention on 7/12/11 under an Ohio judge's order despite the existence of the Texas warrant and detainer," read a statement from the Texas Department of Corrections. "All Texas Parole Warrants are no bond warrants."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/body-linked-phony-craigslist-ad-identified/story?id=15079632

Rafferty is due back in court on Dec. 15 to determine if he is going to be tried as an adult or a juvenile.

I am really interested in that hearing for several reasons. Ohio does usually try juveniles as adults. It is very common. Yet here there are several arguments against it. He is a juvenile, he has no known criminal history and he was allegedly acting under the direction of his adult mentor/employer/friend. Also there have been statements from the parents that he is telling LE everything. I'm thinking that might have been used as part of a plea dea, if he talked they could try him as a juvey.
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Try him as a juvenile? Considering what the alleged crimes are, I fail to see why they would. I also fail to see how "no criminal record" argument could work, considering multiple crimes are alleged.
 
Ohio to seek death penalty in Craigslist slayings

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/n...h-penalty-in-craigslist-slayings-2013802.html


CLEVELAND — A self-styled chaplain suspected in a deadly scheme to rob people who replied to a Craigslist job ad will be charged with murder and attempted murder in attacks on four victims and could face the death penalty, a prosecutor said Monday.

The chief prosecutor in northeast Ohio's Summit County, Sherri Bevan Walsh, said local officials in southeast Ohio and state and federal officials signed off on an agreement to let her office take the lead against Richard Beasley, 52.

Three deaths and the wounding of a fourth man are part of the investigation in the plot to lure victims with the promise of a farm job in southeast Ohio.

"In deciding where and how to try this case, our primary concern was doing what is in the best interest of the victims and their families," said Walsh, who noted that most of the victims are from the Akron-Canton area.


More at link....
 
Reader said:
Ohio to seek death penalty in Craigslist slayings

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/n...h-penalty-in-craigslist-slayings-2013802.html


CLEVELAND — A self-styled chaplain suspected in a deadly scheme to rob people who replied to a Craigslist job ad will be charged with murder and attempted murder in attacks on four victims and could face the death penalty, a prosecutor said Monday.

The chief prosecutor in northeast Ohio's Summit County, Sherri Bevan Walsh, said local officials in southeast Ohio and state and federal officials signed off on an agreement to let her office take the lead against Richard Beasley, 52.

Three deaths and the wounding of a fourth man are part of the investigation in the plot to lure victims with the promise of a farm job in southeast Ohio.

"In deciding where and how to try this case, our primary concern was doing what is in the best interest of the victims and their families," said Walsh, who noted that most of the victims are from the Akron-Canton area.


More at link....
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Based on this it looks as though they are finally acknowledging that all the murders appear to be committed by Beasely. So I am going to request that this thread be moved to the serial killers forum.
 
ohiogirl said:
http://www.ohio.com/news/local/summit-county-to-handle-case-against-craigslist-suspect-1.248838

Initially, a Walsh spokeswoman said the second suspect, Brogan Rafferty, 16, would also be tried in Summit County. However, the Noble County prosecutor disputed the notion in an interview Monday, saying he intends to prosecute the Stow-Munroe Falls High School junior in his county.

Noble County stills wants the minor. I wonder why.
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(bbm)
Maybe they think he might get too much sympathy in his hometown? Just a guess.
 
Yes, based on the timeline one guy was killed after a man has escaped with a gun shot wound. So what was police doing in the meantime? I don't get it.
 
Memorial services today for Massillon victim in Craigslist case
Published: December 6, 2011 - 08:45 AM

Kern’s body was found Nov. 29 in a shallow grave near the Rolling Acres shopping mall. Authorities say he interviewed for a bogus farm job in Southeast Ohio advertised on Craigslist and was last seen Nov. 13.

more at link .................

http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news...-massillon-victim-in-craigslist-case-1.248972
 
I just wanted to keep the names of the victims straight.



Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon, Ohio, answered the ad and was last seen Nov. 13, authorities said.

David Pauley, 51, from Virginia, Police say he was killed Oct. 23, and his body was found Nov. 15.

Ralph Geiger, 56, the potential third victim, was found in a shallow grave Nov. 25

and the attempted murder of the man who escaped — Scott Davis, 48, from South Carolina — on November 6.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...nd-third-body-investigating-murder-spree.html


http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/n...h-penalty-in-craigslist-slayings-2013802.html
 
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