Guinevere Beck, a central character in the Netflix series You , was murdered by Joe Goldberg. In the show's first season, Beck discovers Joe's stalking and murderous behavior, leading to her being locked in a glass cage in the basement of Mooney's bookstore. She briefly manages to outsmart Joe by locking him in the cage and attempting to escape, but ultimately she cannot get out and Joe regains control. The series does not show her death explicitly on screen but jumps forward four months to reveal that she is dead
. According to the original novel by Caroline Kepnes, on which the show is based, Joe strangles Beck to death. The show implies a similar fate, with severe bruising around her neck shown in a hallucination of Beck in season 2, confirming Joe choked her to death
. Joe also cunningly frames Beck's therapist, Dr. Nicky, for her murder by publishing a fake confession Beck wrote while imprisoned, which implicates Dr. Nicky. This allows Joe to avoid any consequences for Beck's death
. In summary, Guinevere Beck was killed by Joe Goldberg through strangulation, and her death was covered up by framing another person, making her murder one of the key tragic events in You 's storyline
