By: News 9
A former police officer was found guilty in the beating death of a 94-year-old woman.
Robert Hashagen was convicted on Tuesday by an Oklahoma County jury. The jury returned an alternative count of first-degree murder while in commission of a burglary with a recommended sentence of life with parole.
He is accused of beating Evelyn Goodall in 2013. She later died from her injuries.
Goodall lived in a northwest Oklahoma City neighbor where Hashagen’s sister and husband lived. Hashagen would live there on-and-off for years.
Prosecutors said Hashagen’s DNA was found on evidence in both attacks.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021, 10:41 pm
By: Sylvia Corkill
OKLAHOMA CITY -
A jury finds a former Oklahoma police officer guilty of killing his 94-year-old neighbor, Evelyn Goodall in 2013.
During the course of the trial prosecutors relied heavily on DNA evidence.
After listening to a week s worth of testimony and three hours of deliberation jurors reached their verdict.
According to prosecutors, in 2013 Robert Hashagen broke into Goodall s home. Startled by her presence, investigators said Hashagen savagely attacked the elderly woman, then taped her up.
“Eventually we were able to get certain people to talk to us about a person who lived in the neighborhood, stayed up late at night, used narcotics,” said the investigator.
By: Jennifer Pierce
OKLAHOMA CITY -
An Oklahoma County jury on Tuesday found a former metro law officer guilty of first-degree murder. The jury recommended Robert Hashagen to a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Only the defense commented after the verdict was read in court. Hashagen’s attorney said they were disappointed but respected the jury’s decision.
News 9’s camera was allowed in the courtroom when the jury came back after three hours of deliberations. Hashagan did not have a reaction to the guilty verdict but his family was visibly upset.
The trial was seven days of testimony from 30 witnesses. Prosecutors brought in DNA evidence that linked Hashagen to the crime scene. His DNA was found in two places in his elderly neighbor’s home.
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By: Jennifer Pierce
OKLAHOMA CITY -
Oklahoma County prosecutors linked a murder suspect s DNA to two crime scenes. Robert Hashagan is currently on trial for first-degree murder. Prosecutors allege he killed his neighbor, 94-year-old Evelyn Goodall in 2013.
Hashagen’s attorney Clay Curtis said on Thursday his client had no involvement in the assault and killing of his neighbor.
Thursday marked the third day for jurors to listen to witness testimony. They heard from Oklahoma City police and OSBI DNA analysts.
Both agencies tested evidence taken from Goodall s home when she was burglarized and assaulted in 2010 and in 2013.
Hashagen is only charged for the 2013 assault that killed the elderly woman.