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Man charged in Craigslist killings

Associated Press

  January 21, 2012

A self-styled chaplain suspected in a deadly scheme to rob people who replied to a Craigslist job ad has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated murder, kidnapping, and robbery and could face the death penalty if convicted, according to an indictment announced yesterday. The charges against Richard Beasley accuse him of killing three men and wounding a fourth in August, October, and November.

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