D. F. McLaughlin
Age 231 Oct 1986
Syracuse, New York (USA)
Beaten and stabbed
TDoR list ref: tdor.info/1 Oct 1986/David F. McLaughlin
McLaughlin was beaten, stabbed twice in the neck, and once in the back by Ronald J. Patnode.
Allegedly the murder happened after Patnode found out the 'true gender' of McLaughlin.
Patnode was convicted but sentenced to only “two to six years” in prison on second-degree manslaughter (not murder) charges.
David was described in court as a “transvestite hooker", but in reality was probably a transgender woman - and sadly we don't even know their social name.
It is almost as if a "mere killing" is not enough - 2e need to be obliterated, destroyed [and] families of the victims often participate in this as well. Take the death of David McLaughlin, a “transvestite hooker" who was stabbed to death in Syracuse, New York in October of 1986. In arguing the case against Roland Patnode, McLaughlin's killer, attorney James Meggesto said, "the victim's lifestyle brought this confrontation to the forefront."
Patnode was acquitted of murder, and found guilty of the lesser crime of second-degree manslaughter.
Source: Syracuse Herald Journal
https://pressconnects.newspapers.com/article/press-and-sun-bulletin-david-mclaughlin/123857732/
http://students673.ucr.edu/docsserver/lgbt/trans_remembrance_display_posters.pdf
https://archive.org/stream/transgendertapes8719unse/transgendertapes8719unse_djvu.txt
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10_JeZ7LEIRhvewTCoL5mVkH6MQJzf7fSXl4-P6QJ0v0/edit#gid=0
