'It feels like it was just yesterday': Itasca County deputy's killer again up for parole "I believe that the family and friends and community have a right to the peace of mind that he'll be kept behind prison walls for the rest of his natural life," the victim's son said. 8:00 am, Dec. 19, 2020 × Audie L. Fox, 27, of Pengilly, Minnesota, is led from the Itasca County Courthouse on Nov. 2, 1981, after being arraigned on charges of first-degree murder in the slaying of Itasca County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert “Beefy” Lawson. Escorting Fox are Chief Deputy Robert Serich (left) and Deputy Steve Hurst. (File / News Tribune)