Beverly Anne Giesbrecht (August 26, 1953 – 2010) was a western convert to Islam who created the controversial website Jihad Unspun.
[1] Giesbrecht was a media consultant and website designer, prior to her conversion and her creation of Jihad Unspun.
She sent pleading letters and videos to Canada, warning that her captors would kill her if their ransom demands weren't met.
[4] On November 3, 2008, CBC News reported that her most recent online video contained an appeal for donations to leave the region; as the war had become more active, and she felt it was no longer safe for her to stay there.
[3] In 2012, two years after her death, CBC News quoted RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson's first comments on the case.