Jurors reach verdict in craigslist killings trial of Richard Beasley

AKRON, Ohio - Jurors have reached a verdict in the craigslist killings trial of Richard Beasley.

Deliberations began late Monday afternoon.

At 6 p.m., the judge will begin reading the verdicts in Summit County Common Pleas Court.

The jury had to consider two weeks of testimony and decide 26 counts including aggravated murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery and possession of a weapon by Beasley.

If convicted, Beasley could face the death penalty.

The one-time street preacher and ex-con is accused of luring men to Noble County using a phony craigslist job ad, killing three of them and wounding a fourth.

A 17-year-old Stow-Munroe Falls High School student, Brogan Rafferty, was earlier sentenced to life in prison without parole in connection to the crimes.