Richard Gary Beach

Richard Gary Beach is an American limousine driver and mass murderer who fatally shot and killed five men, including his 32-year-old stepson Michael Davis and 45-year-old step-nephew Kenneth Gulley Jr., within a span of four days between March 29 and April 1, 1999, in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Authorities discovered the men's bodies four days later in their residence. Beach believed that he killed all five men in his residence because of the victims' drug use in his residence.

Early life Beach was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1942, but grew up with severe financial distress, evidence of widespread family mental illness, and experienced both physical and sexual abuse throughout his childhood. On February 26, 2002, Beach agreed to plead guilty on all five of his murders. Nearly two months later on April 18, 2002, after hearing extensive testimony, Judge Charles E. Atwell of Jackson County Circuit Court sentenced Beach to life imprisonment (five terms) without parole. While the prosecution originally sought the death penalty, the judge ultimately sentenced him to life without parole after considering his mental health history, including reports of depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. As of 2026, Beach is currently serving his life imprisonment at the Potosi Correctional Center near Mineral Point, Missouri.