AURORA, Colo. (TCN) — A 40-year-old man will spend three decades behind bars for killing his friend and burying his body in a crawl space with help from his girlfriend.
According to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Haskel Crawford pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with Karl Beaman Jr.’s death. A judge sentenced him on April 17 to 30 years in prison. The term will be served consecutively to a 16-year sentence Crawford is already serving for a separate aggravated robbery case out of Jefferson County.
Beaman’s mother called the Aurora Police Department to report her son missing after she last heard from him in May 2022. She reportedly began working to find her son on her own and started a Facebook page…