On Sept. 4, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a preliminary hearing to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial.
Eric Beasley, 29, is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly striking 45-year-old David Farewell with his car near the 2100 block of Young Street, SE on Sept. 4. Farewell was pronounced dead later that day at a nearby hospital. Court documents state that the cause of death was “blunt force trauma to the upper body (chest).”
Beasley was on probation for assault with a dangerous weapon when Farewell was killed. That case dates back to 2016.
Beasley’s attorney, Madeleine Harvey, asked Judge John Campbell to schedule the hearing for the beginning of November.
She said she would need extra time to schedule communications with her client due to COVID-19 safety measures at the DC Jail.
Judge Campbell scheduled the hearing for Nov. 4.
This story was written by Maansi Srivastava
