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Markell Beasley

Case from Cape-girardeau, MO dated Dec 24, 2013

Victim Details

Markell Beasley

Male

White / Caucasian

Cape-girardeau

MO

2013-12-24

6

Markell

Beasley

07/09/2026

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In a heartbreaking turn of events that unfolded around the Christmas holiday, six-year-old Markell Beasley was found dead in what authorities have described as a murder-suicide. The young boy's life was tragically cut short on Christmas Eve in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, after a frantic search that began days earlier. Markell was discovered with a fatal gunshot wound, alongside the man responsible for his death, 40-year-old Demetrius Beasley.

The distressing ordeal began when Markell's moth ...
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  • Coroner: Man/boy in apparent murder-suicide shot in the head
  • Mo. boy, 6, alleged abductor dead in apparent murder-suicide
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    What I can't wrap my head around is how Markell's relatives decided to hand him over to Demetrius Be... ...Read More
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    Has anyone else looked into the background checks (or lack thereof) for people like Demetrius Beasle... ...Read More
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