TDoR 1984 / 1983 / December / 15 / Linda Williams


Linda Williams

Age 33

15 Dec 1983
Yonkers, New York (USA)
Stabbed

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Linda Williams

Linda was stabbed by 15-year-old Ron Johnson.

A Yonkers youth pleaded guilty Monday to the murder of a transsexual lover with whom he had gotten into an argument.

Ronald Johnson, 17, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of 33-year-old Linda Williams, the former [deadname] Williams.

Johnson, who was 15 when the slaying occured, has been declared a juvenile offender. Westchester County Court Judge Carmine C. Marasco said Monday he would sentence him to a term of three to nine years in a youth facility.

The maximum sentence Johnson could have received as a juvenile offender was 10 years. As an adult, he could have been given up to 25 years in prison.

Sentencing was scheduled for April 26. -Eric Nagourney

Source: United Press International, April 1, 1985

https://lohud.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-statesman-linda-williams-ro/123330864/

http://students673.ucr.edu/docsserver/lgbt/trans_remembrance_display_posters.pdf

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10_JeZ7LEIRhvewTCoL5mVkH6MQJzf7fSXl4-P6QJ0v0/edit#gid=0

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