Sixteen-year-old Brogan Rafferty will be charged as an adult in Noble County Juvenile Court in Caldwell, Ohio after robbing and eventually murdering David Pauley, Timothy Kern, and Ralph Geiger. All were shot after having been lured into a fake job posted on Craigslist. Rafferty had an accomplice, 52-year-old Richard Beasley. Apparently Beasley has acted like a mentor towards Rafferty, showing him the do’s and don’t’s of pulling off a good murder. I guess Beasley isn’t as good as he thinks he is considering both of them are now facing charges up to life in prison. It is sickening that when the charges were read in court, Rafferty had no emotion and no response to what he had done. How can someone have no remorse? The innocent people he killed were brothers, fathers, sons, friends, cousins, etc.
The author of this article started by introducing the subject by describing that a teenager would be accused for a robbery and murder as an adult. He did not say who the teenager was or exactly what age he/she was. I think that author did this so that the reader would begin to make his or her own assumptions prior to reading the article. The author provided the background necessary to do this without going overboard. The author also provided information about Beasley, the older “mentor”. This helped to form opinions on the man. Overall, this was an informative article.
How terrible! When I read this post, I was so mad! Teaching someone how to be a murderer? A sixteen year old wanting to kill three people? What is wrong? I just don't get it.
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