GUILTY WA - Ginger Gover, 41, found deceased, Pierce County, 29 Jul 2018 *arrest*

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article243661232.html

JUNE 19 article
Prosecutors charged a man with first-degree murder Friday in connection with the remains of a woman found at a South Hill construction site nearly two years ago.

Charging papers allege Michael Eugene Beauchamp killed 41-year-old Ginger Gover in a botched attempt to cover up his involvement in a Thurston County arson and burglary case.

He pleaded not guilty at arraignment Friday. Superior Cout Commissioner Craig Adams set bail at $2 million.
 
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article243661232.html

He was already in jail!

Beauchamp, 56, already is in the Pierce County Jail awaiting trial on unrelated charges of rape and unlawful gun possession. He was charged with first-degree burglary and first-degree arson in the Thurston County case, which were later reduced to one count of first-degree malicious mischief, according to court records.
 
On Sept. 14, 2018, human remains were located at a construction site in the 14000 block of 94th Avenue East in South Hill. The remains were discovered by construction workers as they were putting in a new roadway at the site.

Four days later, the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains as 41-year-old Ginger Gover, who had been missing since July 29, 2018. An autopsy revealed that Gover died from a single gunshot wound.

On June 18, 2020, the Prosecutor’s Office charged Beauchamp with Gover’s murder. Beauchamp had been in custody since October 2018 when he was arrested for a Thurston County burglary and arson. Jurors agreed with prosecutors that Beauchamp killed Gover to prevent her from testifying against him in the burglary and arson case.

Beauchamp was convicted of aggravated murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, and malicious mischief in the second degree. A sentencing hearing will take place next month on Aug. 18.
 
Grover had been missing since July 29, 2018. She drove from her home in Olympia to visit friends in Tacoma and then Eatonville. She got a flat tire and a friend met her to fix it. She was last seen driving toward Eatonville, but never arrived.

An autopsy determined that she died of a single gunshot wound.
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Michael Beauchamp and Ginger Gover (Photos from Pierce County Sheriff's Department; Crime scene photo screenshot from NBC Seattle affiliate King5)

Michael Beauchamp and Ginger Gover (Photos from Pierce County Sheriff’s Department; Crime scene photo screenshot from NBC Seattle affiliate King5)

A man was convicted in Washington state of the gunshot killing of a missing woman to prevent her from testifying against him in a battery and arson case.

Michael Beauchamp, 59, was convicted this week by a Pierce County jury of murdering Ginger Gover, 41, in 2018. Beauchamp was convicted of aggravated murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, and malicious mischief in the second degree, authorities said.

“Guilty on everything, guilty on everything, one right after the other,” Ingrid Phillips, the victim’s mother, said, NBC Seattle affiliate King5 reported. “We were squeezing each other’s hands, couldn’t believe it, that it is actually over.”
 

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