Samantha York
Age 4126 Jun 1988
Fayetteville, North Carolina (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tdor.info/26 Jun 1988/Samantha (Samuel) York

Samantha was shot in the chest and pushed into a closet while her house was set on fire by a 19-year-old solider, James Edward Shaffer. Her body was found stuffed in the closet.
FAYETTEVILLE A [trans woman] was found dead in the burned-out remains of [her] home Sunday, said Cumberland County Sheriff Morris Bedsole said.
Volunteer firefighters extinguished a blaze at the home of [deadname] "Samantha" York and found York's body in the closet. Bedsole said York had been shot in the chest and [her] body pushed in the closet before the house was set afire.
York was a familiar figure in the area and often dressed as a woman, investigators said.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-murder-of-transge/143637250/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-murder-of-transge/73274439/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-samantha-york-samuel-y/124094660/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-samantha-york-samuel-y/124094449/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-samantha-york-samuel-yo/124094387/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-murder-of-samantha-york/143637014/
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