Beverly Guenther

Beverly Jo Wedepohl was born on December 28, 1957 to parents Bernice and Alfred Wedepohl (1935-1987). She had siblings Aldred Jr and Daniel Wedepohl. She was mother to Christopher, Nicholas, and Corey Franics Guenther (1979-1981). See Beverly Guenther: Obituary. Scott McLaughlin was sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend, Beverly Guenther, in 2003. Judge Steven H. Goldman ordered the capital sentence a month after a jury deadlocked over a life-or-death punishment, McLaughlin was previously convicted of first-degree murder, rape, and armed criminal action. The jury found that the murder was "outrageously and wantonly vile, horrible and inhuman." See an account of the actual trial at With jury divided, judge opts for death sentence. Scott, who in prison became Amber, was executed on the morning of January 4, 2023, 19 years after murdering Beverly. She was the first openly transgender woman executed in the United States. In her final written statement, she said " I am a loving and caring person" and apologized for "what I did". See Missouri picks up pace of executions. Next is transgender inmate from St. Louis County..