Jan 22, 2022

KC-area man charged with murder of his roommate

Posted Jan 22, 2022 11:00 PM
Beighley-Beck photo Jackson County
Beighley-Beck photo Jackson County

JACKSON COUNTY —A Kansas City-area man has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing on Jan. 19, of his roommate identified as Zackiery Lister according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.

Frelix C.O. Beighley-Beck, 22, Raytown, faces Murder 2nd Degree and Armed Criminal Action charges.

According to court records, police were dispatched on an emergency call to the 9200 block of E. 54th Terrace in Raytown. A caller to dispatch stated he had just committed a murder.  He told dispatcher "I pushed him and then I shot him and then stabbed him afterwards."

Police, on the scene, observed the defendant exit the residence. "I don't know what happened," he told an officer. Police detained him after an officer observed blood on the defendant's hands. Police found a knife on the defendant as he was being arrested. 

Lister and Beighley-Beck were roommates. The victim was found in a bedroom. Prosecutors requested a $300,000 bond.