Remembering Our Dead

Crystal Sanchez-Reyes

Crystal was shot six times at point blank range by Daniel Montenegro Delgado after she danced with his brother, Loreno Montenegro.

Delgado was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 17 years in prison.

An Oxnard man who shot a transsexual [woman] three years ago for dancing with his brother was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder but not guilty of first-degree murder.

Jury foreman Robert G. Taylor said Daniel Montenegro Delgado, 24, was acquitted of first-degree murder because he was not quite rational on Christmas night, 1987, when he fired six rounds point-blank into [deadname] Sanchez-Reyes, a pre-operative [trans woman] who called [herself] Crystal.

Witnesses testified and Delgado told police that he found his brother, Loreno Montenegro, dancing at El Bohemio in Oxnard with Sanchez-Reyes, 29, who was dressed as a woman and had grown breasts by taking female hormones. Enraged, Delgado pulled the two apart and argued with Sanchez-Reyes, then walked outside, according to witnesses.

He returned moments later with a 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol hidden under a jacket over his arm and shot Sanchez-Reyes, witnesses testified.

The jury deliberated for two days before returning its verdict.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-19-me-2598-story.html

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

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

Report added: 24 Feb 2019. Last updated: 11 Mar 2024

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