Wainwright executed for 1994 kidnapping, murder

  • Maria David, Carmen Gayheart’s sister, talks with the press after the execution of Anthony Wainwright, who kidnapped and killed Gayheart in 1994. (JOHN S. KOCH/Special to the Reporter)
    Maria David, Carmen Gayheart’s sister, talks with the press after the execution of Anthony Wainwright, who kidnapped and killed Gayheart in 1994. (JOHN S. KOCH/Special to the Reporter)

    By JOHN S. KOCH

    Independent News Correspondent

    RAIFORD — It took more than 30 years for 54-year-old Anthony Wainwright to receive his just desserts, or, as then-State Attorney Jerry Blair, prosecuting W…