FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2011 file photo, Richard Beasley, 52, appears in Summit County Common Pleas Court in Akron, Ohio, on drug charges. Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 that Beasley, suspected in a deadly scheme to rob people replying to a Craigslist job ad, will be charged with murder and attempted murder in attacks on four victims and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2011 file photo, Richard Beasley, 52, appears in Summit County Common Pleas Court in Akron, Ohio, on drug charges. Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 that Beasley, suspected in a deadly scheme to rob people replying to a Craigslist job ad, will be charged with murder and attempted murder in attacks on four victims and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? An Ohio coroner says a man suspected of being the third fatal victim of a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme died in August, weeks before the suspected killings of two other victims.
The body of Ralph Geiger was discovered Nov. 25 in Noble County in rural southeastern Ohio during an investigation into two other deaths and the wounding of a fourth man.
Noble County Coroner Alan Spencer lists Geiger's date of death as around Aug. 9, according to a copy of Geiger's death certificate obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
Authorities believe the other victims were killed in October and November. They were lured by ads seeking workers that were posted on Craigslist, then killed.
Police have identified as suspects a 16-year-old high school student and a 52-year-old self-styled preacher.
Associated Press
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