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On the fourth day of Rafferty's trial at Summit County Common Pleas Court, interviews recorded in November were played for jurors in which the teenaged boy explained how Beasley 'ordered' him to dig the grave of their first victim.
Confession: Brogan Rafferty leaves the courtroom of Summit County Common Pleas Court during his trial on Tuesday for the murder of three men and attempted murder of one in Noble County, OhioĪn Ohio court heard as a series of recorded police interviews with 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty revealed the deceitful plot hatched by his mentor, Richard Beasley, that would lead to the bloody murder of three men and attempted murder of one.