Remembering Our Dead

Selena Alvarez-Hernandez

Selena was a transgender woman who was stabbed multiple times in the chest, abdomen, and arms outside of an apartment complex. James Harris was convicted of the crime in 2014.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-murder-of-transg/143693016/

https://www.advocate.com/news/2003/09/09/vigil-held-murdered-iowa-resident-9794

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-murder-of-transg/143693125/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-nonpareil-murder-of-transgende/143693272/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-murder-of-selena-alva/143695593/

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/nelson-alvarez-hernandez/

https://www.kcci.com/article/man-just-convicted-in-murder-11-years-ago/6894099

Report added: 10 Dec 2018. Last updated: 19 Mar 2024

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