Alejandro Ray Lucero
Age 253 Mar 2002
Phoenix, Arizona (USA)
Beaten and strangled
TDoR list ref: tdor.info/3 Mar 2002/Alejandro Ray Lucero
Alejandro was found dead in an alley by sanitation workers. She had been beaten and strangled, and the degree of violence involved indicated that her killing may have been bias/hate motivated.
Alejandro was a transgender Hopi person.
Southern Poverty Law Center. “for the Record,” in Intelligence Report, Winter 2003, pg. 46
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-crying-game-6400066
https://lgbt.arizona.edu/sites/lgbt.arizona.edu/files/azhateviolencelgbt.pdf