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P:ictured here is: Celeste Beard Johnson, Steven Beard Former cocktail waitress Celeste Beard Johnson persuaded her lesbian lover bookshop manager Tracey Tarlton to shoot her elderly multi-millionaire husband Steven Beard so she could take control of his fortune. Beard Johnson of Westlake Hills, near Austin, Texas, is now serving two life sentences and will be eligble for parole until 2046, when she is 83. Tarlton received 20 years for the killing after testified against her and was let out on parole after serving 10 years. Mr Beard, 75, died four months after the shooting on October 2nd 1999. Ref: F NICLA 030219 A Focus News Agency Los Angeles: + 1 310 962 4153 npittam@focusnewsagency.com