Craiglist killer victims
That's when it hit me: My dad wasn't just selling weed to some local high-schoolers, he was killing people." "I asked him, I don't know if he could tell me or not, but 'Is that related to my dad or not?' And he said yes. "He was talking about someone finding another body," said Tonya. The agent takes a cellphone call in front of her. "They kept asking me, 'Does your dad know anybody with a lot of land that would be remote enough for him to hide out at?' At the time I didn't realize they were looking for land because they found his Craigslist ad that mentioned a giant plot of land to take care of," said Tonya. With Rafferty's confession, investigators turn to the only person who might possibly know where to find Beasley: His 17-year-old daughter Tonya.
"The man literally I think had five dollars in his pocket," said Rafferty. Once he is dead, like all of Beasley's victims they empty his wallet and bury him. And I said 'He's still alive,' and he said 'His brain's dead, there's no way, he's got four bullets in his head and I put one between his eyes.'" The gentleman was still breathing, so Beasley went up and got the gun close to him and he shot him again.
I think he shot him three times in the head. Kern is on his knees kind of holding the side of his head, and Beasley is saying to him 'Are you all right?'" said Rafferty. "I heard a 'pop' and I turn around and Mr. He offered a chilling account of Timothy Kern's final moments: He is also very handy with a shovel and the eyewitness to Beasley's brutal murders. He is not really Beasley's nephew, but a local who has a juvenile fixation with the Mafia. With their money pocketed and their identity stolen, in some cases, by the serial-killing preacher man, Richard Beasley.Īll three times Brogan Rafferty was along for the ride. And none of them are ever seen alive again.Īll their worldly possessions they brought along with them are sold off. All of them are single men who want to work and live on 688 acres of land in Ohio feeding the cows. Still one by one they come: Ralph Geiger, 56 David Pauley, 51 and Timothy Kern, 47.Įach one travels down a dark secluded road with Richard Beasley and 16-year-old Brogan Rafferty, who Beasley calls his nephew. Richard Beasley says he's looking to hire a caretaker for his family's 688-acre cattle ranch in Ohio. Tonya's nightmare all began when her father places an innocent-looking ad on Craigslist.