Shanayne Rodrigues Macena
Age 2921 Jul 2013
Nova Floresta, Paraíba (Brazil)
Beaten and stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Jul-2013/Shanayne Macena
Shanayne was stabbed multiple times in the face as she was walking home after a night out with friends.
She was a hairdresser who had run as a candidate for councillor the previous year.
A crime with refinements of cruelty was recorded on Sunday (21), in the city of Nova Floresta, in the Paraiba Agreste. A [trans woman], who was a candidate for councilor in 2012, was murdered with fish knife blows.
According to information from Picuí regional delegate João Joaldo, 29-year-old hairdresser [deadname] Macena, known as “Shanayne”, was drinking with friends in a bar and then left.
“We learned that the victim spent Saturday night (20) drinking with friends in a bar on the Rumbling site in the countryside before she left. On Sunday morning (21), Josinaldo's body was found mutilated on a back road, ”said the delegate.
Delegate Tércio de Sousa commented that her face was disfigured by several [knife[ blows. “The person who committed the crime was very angry with the victim. Her face was mangled. There had been a lot of deep blows.”
The reason for the crime is still unknown. However, police will investigate whether a fight the victim was involved in about a month ago could be related to her death.
TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & O Paralelo 21.07.2013
http://www.blogdomarciorangel.com.br/2013/07/travesti-ex-candidato-vereador-de-nova.html
http://www.demamacedo.com.br/2013/07/ex-candidato-vereador-de-nova-floresta.html
https://cubatibeminformado.blogspot.com/2013/07/mais-um-crime-de-homofobia-na-paraiba_21.html
https://www.setimaregional.com.br/2013/07/mais-um-crime-de-homofobia-na-paraiba.html