Kamora Woods
Age 2727 Jun 2025
Indianapolis (USA)
Shot
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Kamora was shot in her apartment. James Wallace, 23, was arrested and charged with murder, murder during commission of a felony and robbery.
Wallace also stole Kamora's phone.
INDIANAPOLIS – With a suspect finally behind bars, a grieving mother feels one step closer to getting justice after finding her daughter murdered on June 26.
Danielle Dehoniesto went to check on 27-year-old Kamora Woods at her northwest side apartment on Maidstone Road after neither she nor Woods’ friends could reach her. The door was unlocked, and Dehoniesto said the scene inside was something no parent should ever have to walk into.
“I will never get that image out of my head,” Dehoniesto said. “I touched her, I said, ‘Kamora.’ When I touched her, she was cold. She was stiff.”
Dehoniesto found Woods half-naked in her bedroom, shot in the head. She then waited seven weeks for an arrest.
Court documents detail how detectives identified a suspect by using a fingerprint on a condom wrapper collected at the scene. It matched 23-year-old James Wallace, a convicted felon with an active warrant for allegedly tampering with his GPS monitor in November.
Kamora's mother described her as “very loved,” an animal-lover who could make anyone laugh. Someone with a big heart and a life cut far too short."
“She had no problem letting it be known she’s transgender. My daughter was not that type of person. I know there’s a lot of people out there that’s quick to say, ‘Well, she probably didn’t reveal it.’ No. Not with my daughter,” Dehoniesto said. “Regardless of her sexuality, regardless of what she was doing, it doesn’t make it right for somebody to take her life and make excuses for it.”
“Love your child. Accept your child for who they are because life is too short,” Dehoniesto said. “You don’t know what can happen.”
Wallace has a prior conviction for armed robbery, criminal confinement and resisting law enforcement.
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