Show -- A36 YVV"V i 't sc: The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday June 9 1991 Mysterious Murder Ends By Laura Myers THE ASSOCIATED was broke SAN FRANCISCO — For eight years Robert Young made the lives of Susan and David Beugen a litigious hell He sued them once He sued them again He sued them 18 times finding new and ingenious ways to bring them to court Their anger was so great their frustration so extreme that Susan Beugen wrote the Wail Street Journal seeking an expose of her family's nemesis She saw no solution she wrote "short of killing the bastard" Then three months later someone did On Feb 8 two hours before he was to face the Beugens in a Redwood City courtroom in his slander Reign of 'Courtroom Terrorist' ar enemies still unknown For two to three years Young had surreptitiously rented a $1500- San Francisco apartment: even his two longtime roommates didn't know about it until after his death He used one roommate's credit cards to rack up $70000 in bills without the roommate's knowl clues Police have interviewed the Beugens twice but Inspector Arthur Gerrands isn't calling them prime suspects — too many other people on the receiving end of Young's dozens of lawsuits also hated him And Gerrands says Young led a secret life that could have attracted similar payments by claiming he PRESS 8-Ye- A witness told police a "nerdy-looking- white man in his 40s wearand a bicycle helmet was glasses ing seen nearby before Young's mur- der and might have been the trigger man Otherwise there are few 1 beow ' 45"'"dolilems 44oik t: 1 ''''! 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says Susan lieugen 51 who during one deposition became so angry she grabbed a paperback hook from Young's hands and ripped it in half "I don't knovv wlwre found the strength thaik sometimes lost myself dun mg this vhole cnsis The lieugens also resorted to strange tactics Early On they took pictures of Young in a an Francisco law library and they photographed Mon while he was at vork as a hairdres2r Both 1111M filE'd suits against th l'eugens claiming harassment The couple also were accused of making threatening tateinents and telephone (‘alls ti Young and his friends something the lieugens deny "When the Beugens try to por tray themselves as the helpless vii tims it's just not the case says I to '' - - - ':: v ' - : cally - ' i'i'f Beugen slugged Young in the face Young's friends say he nevec forgave the Beugens "for the airport incident" that prompted him to file a civil suit for assault and battery The animosity he felt — and the litigation he filed — increased dramati- The courts finally vexatious litigant lie had used lawsuits "as a v pf)t to harass according to a 9th LS Cimilt Court of Nppeals lecision handed down April 12 al tor hi5 death The common theme the opinion said was "Yoing s attempt to il41 and make life miserable foi the i' : nesses Susan Beugens tackled Young biting his left hand When authorities chased his wife David 1 - :i-:- inYoung was 44 a tellectual who spoke several languages and sang arias while at the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund where he worked as a paralegal In 1983 the Beugens sold him two hair salons in Reno Nev Young and his roommate Hyon T Mun planned to operate the salons But on May 1 1983 Young filed his first suit against the Beugens claiming they misrepresented how much money the businesses would make Young would spend the next eight years trying to get back his $20000 down payment Nearly every suit he filed was eventually dismissed For six months Young refused to make payments The Beugens fed up traveled to Reno to take back the salons They changed the locks then went home Young responded by rechanging the locks The Beugens met Young at the San Francisco airport upon his return According to police and wit- debtor- : :::' : IV - did society a favor though In my mind Robert Young had to be -- --- : 1 ' ''''''::1-45:t::Z- ':::::ii5-g::::: - rrcF ' - ' --- i -4- -- 2:':'41--- A t : - 4 1 : 4 4' - 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