Remembering Our Dead

Dee Dee Pearson

Dee Dee was shot fatally on Christmas Eve. Kenyan E. Jones, 26, told police he paid to have sexual relations with her but became violent upon discovering she was transgender.

On Christmas Eve Dee Dee Pearson, 31, was shot fatally. Her body was found in her apartment. Police responded to a report of a shooting around 11:30pm.

According to official reports Kenyan E. Jones, 26, told police he paid to have sexual relations with Dee Dee but became disturbed upon discovering she was not cis-gendered. So he retrieved his 9mm handgun, chased her to her apartment, and shot her dead.

There is no independent verification that Ms. Pearson was a sex worker.

Catherine Tronnes, a neighbour, reported hearing a single gunshot, a pause, and then five or six more gunshots in an interview with a local television station. Apparently Jones believed Ms. Pearson deserved to be more than dead.

TvT project: CAMP, Kansas City, 05.01.2012

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Report added: 1 Nov 2018. Last updated: 9 Apr 2024

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