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Vontashia Bell

Age 18

30 Aug 2018
Shreveport, Louisiana (USA)
Shot

TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Aug-2018/Vontashia Bell

Vontashia Bell
Vontashia Bell [photo: www.latransadvocates.org]

Vontashia's body was found just before 5am on 30th August. She had been shot in the chest and wrist.

The Advocate and Ksla, 30.08.2018

https://www.latransadvocates.org/blog/2018/8/30/for-immediate-release-statement-from-louisiana-trans-advocates-on-the-murder-of-vontashia-bell

https://gunmemorial.org/2018/08/30/vontashia-bell

https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-mourns-the-loss-of-vontashia-bell-a-trans-woman-killed-in-louisiana

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/30/louisiana-unsolved-murder-transgender-woman-vontashia-bell/1954715001/

https://sinceparkland.org/people/vontashia-bell/

https://www.pghlesbian.com/2018/09/vontashia-bell-18-is-the-18th-trans-neighbor-reported-murdered-in-the-us-in-2018/

https://avp.org/ncavp-mourns-the-death-of-vontashia-bell-an-18-year-old-black-transgender-woman-in-shreveport-la/

https://www.mic.com/articles/191080/black-transgender-women-vontashia-bell-and-dejanay-stanton-killed-the-same-day

https://www.ksla.com/2018/08/31/year-old-murder-victims-gender-preference-could-aid-investigators/

http://www.ksla.com/2018/08/30/man-shot-killed-west-cedar-grove-suspect-sought/

Report added: 1 Sep 2018. Last updated: 1 Dec 2022

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