McLaughlin Execution Carried Out

(Bonne Terre, MO) The person convicted of stalking, raping, and killing Beverly Guenther in 2003 and then dumping her body near the Mississippi River, Scott McLaughlin, also known as Amber McLaughlin, is dead after his sentence was carried out at the Bonne Terre Prison Tuesday. McLaughlin was convicted for waiting outside Beverly Guenther's workplace, where he brutally raped and violently stabbed her as she walked to her vehicle to go home. McLaughlin terrorized Guenther for months prior, to the point where Guenther had an order of protection against McLaughlin after he broke into her home. McLaughlin's culpability in Guenther's murder has never been in question. McLaughlin transitioned to became transgender three years ago in prison.