CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – John Edward Bean IV, 44, was sentenced Tuesday to serve a life sentence plus 13 years in the 2021 Eagle View Drive home-invasion killing of his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, Trasbin Campbell.
On April 7, a Montgomery County jury found Bean guilty on multiple counts: first-degree murder, first-degree murder in the perpetration of a crime, employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and theft up to $1,000. He also was found guilty of the lesser included offense of attempted electronic tracking of a motor vehicle.
How 2021 home invasion murder unfolded
The killing happened in the early hours of March 27, 2021. Erica Lee testified that she awoke to Campbell in distress as a masked man dressed in black and wearing gloves entered her bedroom holding a gun. She said she recognized the gunman’s voice and eyes as Bean. Lee said after killing Campbell, the intruder left with her phone, Campbell’s phone and his car keys.
A medical examiner testified that Campbell suffered four gunshot wounds, four stab wounds and blunt force trauma to the face…