DOB: 08/31/1971
Case Number: 2025 1158 CF
Beasley Indicted on First-Degree Murder in Brutal Putnam County Stabbing
PALATKA – The Putnam County Grand Jury heard the case of Lemar Beasley today. The defendant is accused of stabbing a woman more than 40 times outside of a Fruitland store on November 14, 2025. The victim died from her injuries at the hospital.
The indictment was handed down this morning. Beasley was charged with First-Degree Murder.
The case was investigated by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant State Attorney Mark Johnson is the prosecutor assigned to the case.
For more information contact:
Haley Harrison | Public Information Officer | Office of State Attorney R.J. Larizza, Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit | SAOPIO@SAO7.org
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