( CNN ) -- The men jumped at the Craigslist ad for work on an Ohio cattle farm . In tough economic times , it was a job they desperately needed , a chance to pick up some needed cash . Instead , it cost them their lives . A Summit County jury opined Wednesday that the man responsible for their deaths -- 53-year-old Richard James Beasley -- should meet the same fate . After convicting Beasley last week on 26 counts of aggravated murder , kidnapping , aggravated robbery and more , they unanimously recommended that he be sentenced to death . Summit County Judge Lynne S. Callahan will issue a formal sentence next Tuesday , which could be death if she determines `` beyond a reasonable doubt that the aggravating circumstances the offender was found guilty of committing outweigh the mitigating factors , '' according to Ohio state law . Beasley was the man , the jury determined , who pulled the trigger , killing Ralph Geiger , 56 , of Akron , Ohio ; David Pauley , 51 , of Norfolk , Virginia ; and Timothy Kern , 47 , of Massillon , Ohio . Scott Davis apparently was in his cross hairs , too . After answering an online ad for work on a 688-acre property in eastern Ohio , the South Carolinian in November 2011 told a deputy sheriff how he 'd met with two males , then drove toward Stock Township . Told a road was closed due to a landslide , Davis got out of the car and started walking through a heavily wooded area toward what he was informed was where he 'd be working . He turned around `` to see a gun pointed at his head , '' Noble County Sheriff Stephen S. Hannum later explained . Shot in the arm , Davis ran and hid in the forest for seven hours . Eventually , he got the nerve to go to a house and ask for help . After he told his story , authorities began to connect it with that of other missing persons . One of them was Kern , killed one week after Davis 's escape . All these men were `` down on their luck '' and yearning for `` a better life , '' Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said . Ironically , authorities say that one of Beasley 's motive was to steal from them . He did n't act alone . Brogan Rafferty was 16 at the time of Kern 's death and Davis 's escape . His father , Michael , told CNN affiliate WJW in late November 2011 his son had been `` manipulated '' and `` corrupted '' when he paired up with Beasley , insisting the teenager was a `` mild-mannered gentleman . '' The Stow , Ohio , resident was convicted in October on charges of aggravated murder and attempted murder in connection with the killings , WJW reported . He is facing three life sentences without the possibility of parole -- one each for the deaths of Geiger , Pauley and Kern . All three victims ' bodies were found in different shallow graves , in Kern 's case behind an Akron mall with a gunshot wound to the head . Michael Rafferty said his son had unwittingly dug the graves at Beasley 's direction . `` Beasley is a master manipulator . He manipulated his victims , and then he tried to manipulate the jurors into believing his incredible story of innocence and tales of woe in an effort to spare his life , '' Summit County Prosecuting Attorney Sherri Bevan Walsh said in a statement . `` I am glad that the jury was able to see through his lies and recommend an appropriate punishment . '' Ohio man pleads not guilty in Craigslist job ad killings .
NEW : `` Beasley is a master manipulator '' who deserves death , a prosecutor says . A jury had convicted Richard Beasley of aggravated murder , among other charges . It urges death sentence ; the judge says the jury will announce sentence Tuesday . Beasley killed three men who answered a Craisglist ad to work on a cattle farm .