Suspect charged in Beau Zabel murder

Published 10:10 am Thursday, December 5, 2013

Beau Zabel moved from Austin, Minn., to Philadelphia in May 2008 and was scheduled to start work in Philadelphia public schools. The 23-year-old man was shot dead a month later in a robbery.

The Philadelphia Inquirer said Marcellus Jones was charged Wednesday in the murder. He is already serving a life sentence for killing his get-away driver in the Zabel killing.

Authorities said last month that charges were imminent. They said a witness stepped forward to tell police that Jones displayed the iPod and claimed he killed Zabel after realizing it wasn’t a more valuable iPhone.

For more information on the Beau Zabel murder case, check out these past Herald stories:

Warrant issued for his alleged killer, already serving life

Austin mother ‘overwhelmed’ by break in son’s murder case