SPOKANE, Wash. — A two-time convicted murderer who killed a man for practice before murdering his ex-wife will serve more than 60 years in prison for the murders.
Nathan Beal was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday for the 2020 murder of Andrew Bull. Beal was already sentenced to more than 31 years for the murder of his ex-wife, Mary Schaffer, who Beal killed months after Bull.
For each murder charge, Beal also received a firearm enhancement charge, which gave him an additional five years in prison for each murder. This means Beal will serve a combined total of 66 years in prison.
Bull's family was at Beal's sentencing Wednesday morning and all wore shirts with his photo. Beal's mother, Laurie, told KREM 2 she feels her son can now rest in peace.
A jury already convicted Beal of first-degree murder in February 2022 for killing his ex-wife. For that murder, he was sentenced to more than 31 years in prison.
In the summer of 2020, Mary Schaffer came to Spokane to pick up the two children she shares with Beal. She was parked outside his Browne's Addition apartment when Beal shot and killed her.
During the investigation into Schaffer's murder, detectives connected Beal to the death of Bull. Prosecutors believe this is the man Beal killed for practice just four months before killing his ex-wife.
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