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Elexuis Nicole Woodland

Age 23

2 Dec 2005
Washington, D.C. (USA)
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Elexuis Nicole Woodland
Elexuis Nicole Woodland [photo: www.washingtonblade.com]

Elexuis was a hairstylist and a trans woman. She was shot and killed during a botched robbery whle she was walking home with a friend after buying food.

No suspects were identified.

D.C. police say transgender woman Elexuis Woodland, 23, a hairstylist, was fatally shot during a botched robbery that took place about 1:20 a.m. on Dec. 2, 2005 as Woodland and a male friend were walking home after purchasing food from a carryout store.

According to a police account, a gunman got out of a light blue American made car, possibly a Buick or Oldsmobile, that pulled up next to them and demanded money. Police said Woodland and the friend didn’t have any cash and the “robbery plan went haywire,” the Washington Post reported. The gunman shot and killed Woodland and shot and wounded the friend, who survived the attack.

A police flier seeking information about the incident includes an artist’s drawing of a suspect based on the description of the friend. The suspect is described as a black male in his 20s said to be 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet tall, weighing 160-170 pounds, with a slight mustache and hair in plats or dreads.

Elexuis' name did not appear on the official Trans Day of Remembrance memorial list issued by tdor.info in November 2000.

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/01/17/revisiting-10-unsolved-lgbt-murders-in-d-c/

https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/publication/attachments/woodland_elexuis.pdf

https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/publication/attachments/woodland_elexuis_UPD3.pdf

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/elexuis-woodland-obituary?id=5548768

https://www.metroweekly.com/2005/12/killer-sentenced-in-transgende/

Report added: 6 Mar 2024. Last updated: 11 Mar 2024

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