TDoR 1994 / 1993 / October / 23 / Miss Tess Hampton


Miss Tess Hampton

Age 36

23 Oct 1993
Memphis, Tennessee (USA)
Beaten and stabbed

TDoR list ref: tdor.info/23 Oct 1993/Derrick

Miss Tess Hampton

Tess was stabbed and beaten. No other information is known.

Police seeking clues in death of transvestite. They found the [person's] body Saturday Oct 23 in a vacant house. [Her] name was Derrick Hampton but on the street [she] was "Miss Tess” a 36-year-old transvestite. [She'd] been beaten to death and stabbed. Police found [her] at 492 Vance Memphis. Homicide detectives are still searching for the killer.

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

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-murder-of-transgen/143281001/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-miss-tess-hampton/143281087/

Report added: 17 Feb 2019. Last updated: 13 Mar 2024

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