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Transgender who rape/kill woman demands State to pay surgery
Transgender murderer who is serving life for raping and killing a teacher demands the state pay for her sex change operation
- Katheryn Brown has been in prison for 13 years after she bound, raped and strangled 53-year-old Mary Lynn Witherspoon in November 2003
- Transgender who raped & killing teacher demands state pay for her sex surgery
- The transgender inmate, who was born Edmonds Tennent Brown IV, had been taking hormones to become a woman before the murder
- The 44 year old is now asking the South Carolina Department of Corrections to pay for her gender reassignment surgery
- Brown was charged with burglary June 2003 after she broke into Witherspoon's home and stole a pair of her underwear
- She stalked the teacher, who had dated her father, for years, and killed her after being released from prison on the burglary charge in November 2003
- Brown claims she is innocent, and would have fought the charges if she could have worn a Chanel skirt, Jimmy Choo heels and makeup in court
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A transgender inmate who is serving a life sentence for murdering a woman she had stalked for years is asking the state to pay for her sex-change operation behind bars.
Katheryn Brown has been in prison for 13 years after she bound, raped and strangled 53-year-old Mary Lynn Witherspoon in November 2003, leaving her dead body in a bathtub in her Charleston, South Carolina home.
The 44 year old, who was born Edmonds Tennent Brown IV, was already taking hormones to become a woman at the time she committed the grisly murder, and now wants the state Department of Corrections to help her complete her journey by allowing her to physically become a woman.
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Murderer: Transgender inmate Katheryn Brown (left in 2003 mugshot) has been in prison for 13 years after she bound, raped and strangled 53-year-old Mary Lynn Witherspoon (right) in November 2003
Scene: Brown was charged with burglary June 2003 after she broke into Witherspoon's home (above) and stole a pair of her underwear
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Brown's father had dated Witherspoon for several years, and after the two split his daughter continued to show up at the woman's home.
Witherspoon was not alarmed at first until June 2003, when Brown broke into her laundry room and stole a pair of her underwear.
After that incident Withersppoon pressed charges and Brown took a plea, serving time for burglary until she was released in November of that year.
Brown was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and gender dysphoria after her arrest, and left prison on November 10 to undergo outpatient mental health treatment.
While at the treatment center Brown gave her home address as Witherspoon's address and then walked over to the woman's home, where she murdered the teacher who was unaware she had even been released from prison.
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Request: The 44 year old (above in 2003) is asking the South Carolina Department of Corrections to pay for her gender reassignment surgery
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Witherspoon had asked to be alerted upon Brown's release but there was a problem with the system and she never received a notification.
Brown was arrested when she returned to Witherspoon's home after the murder, wearing a pair of her pants and underwear and having on her the keys to the home and Witherspoon's car.
She had also changed the address on her license to Witherspoon's address.
Two years after her death an anti-stalking measure was signed into law by then governor Mark Sanford that was named after Witherspoon, called Mary Lynn's law.
She had also made numerous charges to Witherspoon's credit card.
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Witherspoon's sister Jackie Olsen said of her sister's relationship with Brown; 'She was probably the only person who was ever nice to him. Mary Lynn was kind to everybody. She was good to the core. She loved people and was truly kind to people.'
Brown's father refused to discuss his daughter's request for a sex change.
She is currently oner of two women in the South Carolina prison system requesting gender reassignment surgery, with the other individual an unnamed inmate on death row.
The state had so far refused the requests of both women.
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Let her be uncomfortable and in torment for the rest of her life.