Remembering Our Dead

Chanelika Y'Ella Dior Hemingway ("Sid")

Chanelika's body was found inside her apartment by police conducting a welfare check. Her death is considered suspicious.

Albany police are currently investigating a suspicious death that occurred on Old Hickory Drive.

On Tuesday, May 31, 2022 around 9:15 a.m., officers responded to an apartment on Old Hickory Drive within the Loudon Arms Apartments to check the welfare of a tenant. Upon arrival, officers discovered that the tenant, a 30-year-old woman, was found deceased inside her apartment.

At this time the circumstances of her death appear to be suspicious and the investigation remains ongoing.

Iaeir Robinson, 26, was charged in August 2022, and in November 2023 he was convicted of second degree murder. In January 2024 he was sentenced to 2 years to life for second degree murder plus an additional five years for felony gun posession.

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/iaeir-robinson-sentenced-murder-ahsid-18616632.php

https://wnyt.com/top-stories/albany-man-sentenced-in-transgender-womans-murder/

https://web.archive.org/web/20240119204730/https://www.news10.com/news/crime/ravena-man-gets-25-to-life-for-killing-transgender-woman/

Chanelika's Facebook profiles are https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009249584007 and https://www.facebook.com/sid.hemingway.54.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/11/man-accused-of-killing-transgender-woman-in-upstate-new-york-found-guilty/

On 16th November 2023 Iaeir Robinson, 27, was convicted of second-degree murder.

https://news.yahoo.com/guilty-verdict-murder-trans-woman-150353993.html

https://wnyt.com/uncategorized/deliberations-in-2022-albany-murder-to-begin-thursday/

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Loved-by-all-Mom-recalls-slain-daughter-on-17599474.php

https://southfloridagaynews.com/National/trans-lives-matter-4-trans-people-killed-in-may-3-during-pride-month.html

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Ravena-man-faces-murder-charge-in-death-of-Albany-17400824.php

https://www.pghlesbian.com/2022/06/death-of-black-trans-woman-chanelika-yella-dior-hemingway-ruled-homicide-in-albany/

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/They-took-my-baby-from-me-Family-mourns-17246895.php

https://www.hrc.org/news/honoring-the-life-of-chanelika-yella-dior-hemingway

https://web.archive.org/web/20220610065920/https://www.news10.com/news/reward-offered-in-transgender-womans-homicide/

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/albany-police-investigating-suspicious-death-old-hickory-drive-loudon-arms-apartments

http://www.capitalregioncrimestoppers.com/sitemenu.aspx?ID=990&

https://web.archive.org/web/20220607090550/https://www.news10.com/news/albany-county/albany-police-investigating-suspicious-death-2/

https://www.facebook.com/inourownvoices/posts/pfbid02UkVjnHDJZwwZ6tzYGuQbVadBjwKuSYkhw7uzPKhgngXyDKyEC6UdGowu9ja9tVhQl

https://www.facebook.com/AlbanyNYPolice/posts/pfbid0ES4fqekJX3pM84MXNWS8JsKB3QL7hHYeoHnM4xPMM2dWFwZEwT6MMqbHUBmXqu37l

https://www.slmclaughlinfuneralhome.com/obituary/Ahsid-Hemingway-Powell

https://www.paperturn-view.com/us/programlady123-gmail-com/program-for-ahsid?pid=MjQ249544

Report added: 7 Jun 2022. Last updated: 7 Mar 2026

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