NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that a Mississippi-based electronic monitoring company can be tried for negligent homicide in the case of Peggy Beasley, a mother of three murdered by her estranged husband Marshall Rayburn.
The monitoring company AEM allegedly failed to report multiple breaches of a court-ordered security perimeter around Beasley’s home, which prosecutors say allowed Rayburn the opportunity to kill her.
“Had I thought he would do it, I would have never let my mom stay at her home by herself,” Beasley’s daughter, Devlin Hopper, said.
In August 2021, Beasley reported to St. Francisville authorities that Rayburn, from whom she was separated, had been drugging and raping her.
Rayburn was arrested for second-degree rape, released on a $100,000 bond, and outfitted with an ankle monitor. He was instructed to stay away from Beasley’s home, with an exclusion zone programmed into the monitor.