LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A man who was convicted of first degree murder for a 1987 shooting has been denied parole for the second time.

On Tuesday, May 1, the Board of Parole Hearings denied parole for Edward Keefe Crawford, age 53, according to the Lake County District Attorney's Office.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff attended the lifer hearing at California State Prison-Solano to argue against Crawford’s release.

Crawford was prosecuted in 1988 by then-Lake County District Attorney Stephen Hedstrom, who now is a Lake County Superior Court judge.

A jury found Crawford guilty of first degree murder for the killing of 28-year-old Glenn Shoemaker. Judge Robert L. Crone Jr. sentenced Crawford to 27 years to life.

Crawford's minimum eligible parole date was Sept. 17, 2006. Tuesday's parole hearing was Crawford’s second.

The murder was investigated by retired investigator Carl Stein at the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

According to investigative reports Crawford and codefendant Jon Christ took Shoemaker for a boat ride on Sept. 19, 1987, and stopped at a secluded spot on the shoreline.

Christ reportedly told a witness prior to the incident that they were taking Shoemaker for a one-way boat ride, according to the investigation.

When the three got out of the boat, the victim was shot six times, including twice in the back, with .22-caliber handgun. Shoemaker's body was found 11 days later.

Crawford and Christ both reportedly bragged or confessed to others that they had killed Shoemaker, officials said.

The motive reported at the time was that Shoemaker had recently stolen the same handgun that he was shot with from Christ, and Christ got the gun back and was angry about the theft.

During the investigation Crawford admitted shooting Shoemaker but claimed it was an accident. Crawford claimed Christ gave him the gun, told him it was unloaded and told him to scare Shoemaker with it.

Crawford claimed when he pulled the trigger to scare Shoemaker the gun discharged twice into the victim, then Christ shot the victim four more times.

Christ also was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 31 years to life in prison, the District Attorney's Office reported.

During his time in prison, Crawford gave officials differing versions of the motive for the murder.

In 1991 Crawford told prison officials he shot Shoemaker because Shoemaker had allegedly molested Crawford’s child.

In 2007 Crawford said he and Shoemaker went water skiing. When they stopped to use the bathroom, an argument ensued over stolen property, Shoemaker stabbed Crawford in the arm and Crawford shot Shoemaker.

In January 2012 Crawford said he killed Shoemaker because Shoemaker had molested his neighbor's children.

At his parole hearing on May 1, Crawford claimed he killed Shoemaker because Shoemaker was a child molester. Crawford claimed he confronted Shoemaker about the alleged molestation and Shoemaker stabbed him.

Crawford admitted it was never proven Shoemaker was a child molester, and stated he shot Shoemaker because he was really angry at him.

During his time in prison – where he has been since 1988 – Crawford has made no effort to address his alcohol, drug or anger issues, the District Attorney's Office said.

Crawford had taken no drug or alcohol addiction classes and had not participated in any anger management or alternatives to violence classes.

He also was caught making alcohol in prison twice, and admitted he had been placed in administrative segregation in prison for his own protection for not paying a $100 drug debt for heroin he purchased from other prisoners while in prison.

At the parole hearing Tuesday – which lasted more than two and a half hours – Hinchcliff asked the Board of Prison Hearings to deny Crawford parole on the grounds that he still presented an unreasonable risk of danger to the public if released.

Although Crawford claimed to be remorseful at the hearing, the Board of Prison Hearing commissioners agreed that Crawford still posed an unreasonable risk of danger to the public and  denied him parole for at least 10 years, the District Attorney's Office reported.

Crawford’s next parole hearing will be in 2022, officials reported.