Remembering Our Dead

Michelle dos Santos

Michelle was shot in the chest by a client in the Rodoviário neighborhood. Witnesses reported hearing two shots and then seeing a black car speed away from the scene.

Her killer was a client who refused to pay her.

Michelle ran a program with the accused for R $ 50, but afterwards, the customer paid only R $ 10. When she asked for the money, the man tried to leave. She took his car key and while they were arguing, picked up a stone and broke his car window.

Furious, the man left, then returned in another car and circled the block. After finding Michelle, he called her, fired a bullet into her left breast and drove away. She screamed and died at around 02:00 p.m. on Piauí Street, next to a motel and the corner where trans women make point.

TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & Noticias de Parnaiba, 16.08.2013

https://180graus.com/parnaiba/caso-michelle-movimento-lgbt-fara-movimento-reivindicador-na-missa-de-setimo-dia

http://piauihoje.com/noticias/travesti-michelle-foi-assassinado-com-balaco-por-causa-de-r-40/

http://g1.globo.com/pi/piaui/noticia/2013/08/suposto-cliente-mata-travesti-tiros-na-porta-de-boate-em-parnaiba-pi.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20141120202058/http://www.noticiapi.com/2013/08/transformista-e-assassinado-com-tiro-no.html

Report added: 31 Oct 2018. Last updated: 13 Jan 2021

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