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Erykah Tijerina

Age 36

8 Aug 2016
El Paso, Texas (USA)
Stabbed

TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Aug-2016/Erykah Tijerina

Erykah Tijerina
Erykah Tijerina [photo: www.autostraddle.com]

Erykah was found dead by her stepfather in their apartment at about 8pm on Monday 8th August.

An autopsy report concluded that she "died of stab wounds of face and torso with injuries of lung and carotid artery. The manner of death is homicide."

In January 2019 Anthony Michael Bowden, 21, was convicted of her murder.

TvT project: Huffington Post & The Advocate, 11.08.2016

https://planettransgender.com/anthony-michael-bowden-guilty/

https://ktxs.com/news/texas/former-fort-bliss-soldier-on-trial-for-murder-of-transgender-woman

https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/lifelong-friend-of-transwoman-found-killed-speaks-about-erykah-tijerina

https://www.kvia.com/crime/autopsy-report-slain-transgender-woman-stabbed-24-times/101124570

https://eu.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2016/09/16/soldier-allegedly-admits-killing-transgender-woman/90517104/

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Police-Fort-Bliss-solider-arrested-in-connection-9224715.php

https://mic.com/articles/151189/erykah-tijerina-transgender-woman-found-dead-in-el-paso-home

https://www.autostraddle.com/erykah-tijerina-trans-latina-becomes-the-latest-in-the-plague-of-anti-trans-murders-this-year-348106/

http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/our-issues/transgender-latina-erykah-tijerina-dead

Report added: 18 Sep 2018. Last updated: 13 Jan 2021

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