The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

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BONNE TERRE, Mo. — Missouri on Tuesday executed by lethal injection a transgender inmate who stabbed, strangled and raped an ex-girlfriend 19 years ago.

Killing marks one of few executions of women in US since 1970s

Amber McLaughlin was sentenced to death for the 2003 murder of ex-girlfriend Beverly Guenther in St Louis, Missouri. She transitioned just three years ago

Inmate’s lawyers argued problems with trial process in clemency petition

Today's scheduled execution is getting attention because she's trans. But the bigger story here is how she was sentenced to die.

Amber McLaughlin, 49, is scheduled to die by injection in the Midwestern state of Missouri on Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003

Nearly 1,600 death row inmates have been put to death in the U.S. since 1977, but an execution scheduled for Tuesday in Missouri would be the first involving a transgender woman