Larry Venzant
Age 3419 Dec 1993
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Stabbed and mutilated
TDoR list ref: tdor.info/19 Dec 1993/Larry Venzant
Larry was stabbed repeatedly and castrated by David Feikema after Feikema discovered that she was trans.
Feikema met transvestite Larry Venzant on December 19, 1993 and took him home to have sex. Feikema claims he believed that Venzant was a biological woman. According to Feikema, after a disagreement over what type of sex they would have, a fight ensued, leading to the fatal stabbing of Venzant. Upon learning that he was a man, Feikema cut off Venzant’s penis and put it into the victim’s mouth. Feikema was convicted of first degree murder, but mentally ill, and sentenced for 21-years at a correctional center where he would also receive psychiatric therapy. Feikema was paroled on March 24, 2004.
In the course of an interview Feikema says that by cutting off his penis "I was giving Venzant what what he wanted, that is, being a woman "(Dong, 1997) and emphasizes that the opinion of his madness at the time of the crime was not unanimous. Most of his interlocutors, he says, upon hearing the details of his case, usually tell him that he "did the right thing", whatever anyone in his situation would have done.
Although we don't know Larry's true name, we can at least acknowledge her trans identity.
https://www.deepfocusproductions.com/licensed-to-kill-murderers-profiles/
https://journals.openedition.org/revestudsoc/19276
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10_JeZ7LEIRhvewTCoL5mVkH6MQJzf7fSXl4-P6QJ0v0/edit#gid=0
https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-murder-of-larry-venzant/143281551/
