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Beacon First: Rafferty testifies in Craigslist case that he lived in fear of Beasley

By Phil Trexler
Beacon Journal staff writer

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Brogan Rafferty takes the stand in his defense during the Craigslist murder trial in Judge Lynne Callihan's Summit County courtroom on Tuesday. Rafferty talks about Beasley wielding a large knife during his testimony. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)

To see more about the crimes Richard Beasley and Brogan Rafferty committed, click here to buy the Beacon Journal eBook The Craigslist Killings.

There was one person Brogan Rafferty said he could lean on for anything.

That man was Richard Beasley.

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