4. The Craigslist Killer
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Richard Beasley, not to be confused with the “Craiglist Killer” Philip Markoff who killed only one person, before killing himself awaiting trial, was a self-proclaimed street preacher who owned 688 acres of land, where he liked to take his victims to do the deed. Only just making the official three kills to be called a serial killer, Beasley, after asking his daughter how to use Craigslist, and enlisting the help of sixteen-year-old Brogan Rafferty (playing Beasley’s nephew), offered a job online to people who wanted to live on a ranch, taking care of cattle, living in a modest trailer, with a decent amount of pay per week. Interviewing these men through email, and meeting with men he’d hired who all happened to be single, middle-aged men looking for solitude, Beasley would drive the men out to his property, pull over on some pretence, and shoot his victims in the back of the head. Seemingly no reason for these killing, other than joy, a single shot jamming on his would-be fourth victim, Beasley lost one, and his accomplice Rafferty, came forward, earning a life sentence, while Beasley, who still denies any guilt in the murders, faces the death penalty.
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