Natália Moura
Age 3430 Sep 2017
Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Sep-2017/Natália
Natália was shot by men inside a car which stopped in front of the motel where she was offering her services.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G1 Ceara 30/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/30-natalia-moura-34-anos-tiros-dhpp-ce-fortalez/
https://www.opovo.com.br/noticias/fortaleza/2017/10/travesti-e-morta-a-tiros-no-bairro-centro.html
Renatha Lemos
Age 2930 Sep 2017
Nova Mamoré, Rondônia (Brazil)
Burned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Sep-2017/Renatha Lemos
Renatha’s body was found burned in a pit on 30th September. She had been missing since 28th September.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Jornal Bastidores da Notícia 30/09/2017
http://www.omamore.com.br/2017/09/corpo-e-encontrado-carbonizado-em.html
http://www.rotamamore.com.br/2017/09/mais-informacoes-sobre-o-corpo.html
http://www.jornalbastidoresdanoticia.com.br/2017/09/familia-registra-desaparecimento-de-ney.html
Bianca
Age 3229 Sep 2017
Arnhem, Gelderland (Netherlands)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/29-Sep-2017/Bianca
Bianca was a sex worker, and had rented a house in Arnhem to work from. On her first day there she was stabbed over twenty times by her first customer (and potentially one or more accomplices). The house was reported to be full of bloodstains, and police have apprehended one suspect.
I do not know whether to vomit, scream or cry. For the murder, with all the gruesome details of blood traces on walls and paving stones, to the tone and word choice of this article that this woman is deprived of every dignity, respect, humanity and identity.
Bianca, dear editorial of the Gelderlander, was a woman who had probably been victim of her entire life for people who did not take it as full?—?not as a woman and not as a person. Bianca was not a man who looked utterly like a woman, she was a woman, perhaps more aware of her femininity than most women ever will be, and paid the highest possible price with her death. What she has between her legs does not appeal to a reader. This makes the editors guilty of sexual objectification.
The reason why so many female trans persons work in prostitution is equally painful: they are not accepted for any other profession. Not even in the Netherlands. Transgender people do not have the greatest arrears and the weakest financial position of all groups in our society for good reason. Imaging is thereby all-determining. And let the media now constantly miss the shelf.
TvT project: Gelderlander, 30.09.2017
https://www.mounirsamuel.nl/moord-op-bianca-volgens-gelderlander-man-zou/
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/bianca-32-anos-tiros-holanda/
https://www.gelderlander.nl/arnhem-e-o/dode-in-woning-arnhem-is-32-jarige-transgender~a3921888/
Tannyz Gómez
28 Sep 2017
Veracruz (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/28-Sep-2017/Tanya Tlachino
Tannyz was shot dead on the night of 28th September on the Córdoba-Veracruz highway. The municipal police came to the scene after receiving an anonymous complaint, and when they arrived they found her body a few meters from the Los Cafetos gas station.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Desastre, 02.10.2017
https://formato7.com/2017/09/28/condena-comunidad-lgbttti-el-asesinato-de-transexual-en-cordoba/
http://www.e-veracruz.mx/nota/2017-09-28/seguridad/condenan-asesinato-de-transexual-en-cordoba
Lu Brasil
Age 2326 Sep 2017
Altamira, Pará (Brazil)
Strangled
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-Sep-2017/Lu Brasil
Lu was strangled. Her body was found at home with cut marks to her mouth, her feet tied and a net entwined around her neck. The bathroom had a broken mirror and there was a bloodstains next to the bed.
She was a TV presenter, and after her death tributes were received from thousands of fans, lamenting the violent death, describing the episode as "cowardice" and "cruelty" and demanding "justice."
The Association of Press Professionals of Altamira, Transamazon and Xingu (ASPIATX) also spoke out, expressing solidarity with the families and receiving justice.
"The presenter was a relaxed and charismatic communicator. Communication professionals hope that the authorities will be able to elucidate the case as soon as possible, a barbarism against a media professional and a crime that once again shakes the population of this city, " the statement said.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Giro Portal.com 26/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/u-brasil-reporter-23-anos-estrangulada-pa-altamira/
https://www.facebook.com/TVAltamira/videos/1915169075411407/
http://www.tvcidadesbt.com.br/2017/09/apresentador-lu-brasil-e-encontrado.html
Raissa Bote
Age 3126 Sep 2017
Uberaba, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-Sep-2017/Rayssa
Raissa was killed outside her home. A witness who was with her at the time reported that they were both inside when they heard knocking on the door.
When they answered, the person at the door asked for Raissa and then shot her in the chest and armpit. Security cameras on a nearby property recorded the crime.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G1 Triangulo Mineiro 26/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/raissa-bote-31-anos-tiros-mg-uberaba/
https://www.topuai.com/uberaba/policia/travesti-e-morto-com-dois-tiros-em-uberaba
http://www.folhauberaba.com.br/noticias/travesti-e-assassinado-com-dois-tiros
http://www.wamidia.com.br/WaMidia/noticia.jsp?noticia=13534
Danhy Zn
Age 1925 Sep 2017
Leme, São Paulo (Brazil)
Not reported
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Sep-2017/Danhy Zn
Neighbours reported hearing cries for help and called the emergency services, but by the time the emergency services arrived at the address the 19-year-old trans man was already dead. His cause of death is unknown.
Danhy's Facebook profile is http://alertageral.com/mulher-e-encontrada-morta-em-residencia-no-alto-da-gloria/.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G.G.B 25/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/danhy-zn-nascimento-19-anos-a-esclarecer-df-brasilia/
Pâmela Pamaniki
Age 2925 Sep 2017
Moreilândia, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Stoned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Sep-2017/Pâmela
Pâmela’s body was found tied, with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and stoning injuries to her head.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & News Cariri 25/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/pamela-tortura-pe-moreilandia/
D. R. Pontes
Age 2624 Sep 2017
Campinas, São Paulo (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Sep-2017/D. R. P.
D.R. was found dead with a knife cut to the chest.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & https://www.facebook.com/tvbjornalismo/videos/vb.154062744671454/1460009744076741/?type=2&theater 24/09/2017
Spencer Netto
Age 2523 Sep 2017
Campinas, São Paulo (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Sep-2017/Spencer
Spencer was found dead with a perforation in the back, a cut deep in the neck and with the face disfigured by beatings.
Spencer was a hair stylist and makeup artist. Their Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/spencer.nettoo.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & https://www.facebook.com/tvbjornalismo/videos/vb.154062744671454/1460009744076741/?type=2&theater 23/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/23/spencer-netto-cabeleiro-25-anos-2a-ds-sp-campinas/
https://www.facebook.com/falecidosface/posts/1917586268491039
Kaelane
Age 2020 Sep 2017
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Sep-2017/Kaleane
Kaelane was shot twice in the head by two men outside of a motel on Monte Cassino Street, in Pampulha, Belo Horizonte.
“Bahia went to claim dignity to its daughter who left in search of the unknown, like her, many young people. But we went! And we are going to overthrow the house of vagabondage, because here in Bahia has command, has action. There are more unidentified bodies in IML / BH and no one will pay for it, because it got used to being that way. But do not mess with us because we do not just go anywhere in the world. “
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil 21.09.2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/20/kaelane-tiros-mg-belo-horizonte/
https://www.facebook.com/marcelo.cerqueira.351/posts/10155220327952979
Name Unknown
19 Sep 2017
Chihuahua (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/19-Sep-2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found at 11pm near railway lines. First reports indicate that armed men travelling in a truck fired at several victims, one of whom was the deceased trans woman.
The area is known for drug dealing and for the presence of sex workers.
Ana Coutti
Age 2518 Sep 2017
Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Sep-2017/Ana Coutti
Ana was shot in the chest and armpit from a passing vehicle. She died in hospital.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & RC 24 Horas 18/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/ana-coutti-franca-25-anos-tiros-126a-dp-rj-cabo-frio/
http://antigo.rc24h.com.br/noticias/ver/28537
Sisi Thibert
Age 2618 Sep 2017
Montreal, Québec (Canada)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Sep-2017/Sisi Thibert
Sisi was found by a neighbour with stab wounds in the entrance of a building in Mullins Street Montreal. A warrant has been issued for a 24 year old man.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/people/Sisi-Thibert/100011211489841.
TvT project: Journal de Montreal & Vice, 18.09.2017
Name Unknown
16 Sep 2017
Camaçari, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-Sep-2017/N.N.
The victim was shot dead early in the morning.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Andrezza Bellushi/Grupo WhatsApp Rede Trans Brasil 16/09/2017
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Andrezza Bellushi/Grupo WhatsApp Rede Trans Brasil 16/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/nao-identificada-tiros-ba-camacari/
Scout Schultz
Age 2116 Sep 2017
Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
Shot
Scout was shot dead by a campus police officer during a mental health crisis. The officer had no crisis intervention training.
In November 2021 Scout's family was awarded a $1 million compensation settlement following a wrongful death suit against Georgia Tech and the officer in question.
[The] family of non-binary Georgia Tech student Scout Schultz, who was killed by campus police while in the middle of a mental health crisis, will receive a $1 million settlement.
Schultz, 21, a fourth-year student who was intersex, non-binary and bisexual and was head of the school’s Pride Alliance, was killed in September, 2017.
Four campus police officers responded that night when a 911 caller reported that Schultz was “skulking around” carrying a knife and “might have a gun”.
Schultz approached the officers, and appeared to tell them to shoot. One officer told them that “nobody wants to hurt” them”, and another told them to “relax”.
But as Schultz continued to advance, one of the officers, Tyler Beck, 23, fired and killed them with a single shot to the heart.
After their death, a multi-utility tool with a small blade was found on the ground, and there was no gun to be seen.
https://xtramagazine.com/power/scout-schultz-non-binary-settlement-214068
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/04/scout-schultz-non-binary-georgia-tech-campus-police-shooting/
Name Unknown
Age 2016 Sep 2017
Estado de Mexico (Mexico)
Not reported
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Sep 2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found in a canal by a young girl walking to school on 16th September. The exact date and cause of death are unknown, but she apparently had a lesion on her lip and a broken leg.
http://www.elgrafico.mx/toluca/01-09-2017/lanzan-cadaver-de-hombre-maquillado-zanja
Safira
15 Sep 2017
Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-Sep-2017/Safira
Safira was shot dead in a suspected “crime of passion”.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Andrezza Bellushi/Grupo WhatsApp Rede Trans Brasil 15/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/15/safira-tiros-ba-salvador/
Larissa Paiva
14 Sep 2017
Serra (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Sep-2017/Larissa Paiva
Larissa was shot dead. Information about the case was sent to Rede Trans Brasil via Facebook and WhatsApp.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Facebbok and Whats up 14/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/14/larisa-paiva-tiros-es-serra/
Brenda Murillo Alba
Age 2012 Sep 2017
Tijuana, Baja California (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Sep-2017/Brenda Murillo Alba
Brenda was stabbed with a knife. She was taken to hospital but died a month later.
After fighting for her life for a month, a [trans woman] died at the General Hospital Tuesday morning as a result of gunshot injuries.
On August 11, a [woman] identified as [deadname], who called herself "Brenda", 20, was on public roads, in the North Zone, when she was attacked by a subject with a knife.
The victim was seriously injured in the neck and was transferred critically to the General Hospital.
The medical report explained that the injury affected her spine and, as a result, she could not speak.
After being treated for a little over a month, "Brenda" was declared dead on Tuesday at 9:10 a.m.
Derricka Banner
Age 2612 Sep 2017
Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Sep-2017/Derricka Banner
Derricka was found dead in a vehicle during the wind and rain associated with Tropical Storm Irma. Montavious Sanchez Berry, 18, has been arrested and charged with murder.
TvT project: The Advocate & Charlotte Observer, 13.09.2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/derricka-banner-trans-charlotte_us_59ba9de2e4b02da0e13fd07a
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/09/transgender-woman-derricka-banner-killed-charlotte/
Brandy Bardales Sangama
Age 4310 Sep 2017
Le Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Died in custody
Brandy died in San Martin de la Plata hospital after 22 days of agony. She was the third of four trans women to die in La Plata as a result of criminalisation and humiliating police procedures?—?the others being Pamela Macedo Panduro, Angie Velásquez Ramírez and Damaris Becerra Jurado.
Brandy was originally from Iquitos, Peru, and resided in La Plata for 4 months.
It all started with a police raid in search of drugs at a house where Brandy rented a room. The Otrans organisation reported that the police entered the house without a court order, and forced the residents to the floor before confiscating their cell phones and money.
During this ordeal Brandy began to vomit blood. The police did not help her or call an ambulance, but just took pictures. When the raid was over, they took her to the hospital, where the doctors reported that she had suffered a cardiac arrest before arriving. Brandy was admitted to intensive care, but died 22 days later.
Brandy's death was not recorded on the official TDoR 2017 memorial list.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/63056-urgente
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/80840-transfobia-de-estado
Bruna Monteiro
Age 278 Sep 2017
Taguatinga Sul, Distrito Federal (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Sep-2017/Bruna Monteiro
Bruna was shot. At the time of the crime, she was supposedly with her boyfriend in a truck. According to information from the Military Police, another truck with two occupants fired at the couple several times.
A [trans woman] was shot dead in Taguatinga Sul, in the Federal District, on Friday afternoon (8). She was accompanied by a man who was shot three times and transported by helicopter to the Base Hospital, in serious condition.
According to the Military Police, at around 12:20 pm the [trans woman] and the man were in a car parked near a bus terminal. Two suspects arrived in another car and started shooting at them.
Saleswoman Janete Coelho, who lives near the crime scene, said she heard the shots and the boy who survived calling for help.
"> It was absurd, it was really absurd, something like that. We only heard the shots. She just asked that he didn't want to die, that he wanted to be helped."
According to Janete, the residents tried to help the young man and asked the police for help. "We just asked for help and they helped her, it was quick, the firefighter arrived, helped him and left," said the saleswoman.
In July 2024 three men were sentenced to more than 18 years in prison for Bruna's murder.
Bruna's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/bruna.monteiro.5667901.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Metropoles 08/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/b-m-r-26-anos-tiros-21a-dp-df-taguatinga-sul/ [BROKEN LINK]
https://www.emaisgoias.com.br/travesti-e-morta-a-tiros-ao-deixar-motel-com-namorado-em-taguatinga-sul-no-distrito-federal/ [BROKEN LINK]
Lorane
Age 218 Sep 2017
Camocim de São Felix, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Sep-2017/Lorane
Lorane was shot 5 times.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Pernanbuco.com.br 08/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/lorane-21-anos-tiros-pe-camocim-de-sao-felix/
http://www.rota190pernambuco.com.br/2017/09/homossexual-e-assassinado-tiros-na.html
Alessandra Mendes
Age 387 Sep 2017
São Paulo (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/7-Sep-2017/Alessandra
Alessandra was shot dead by an assailant in a passing car. She died at the scene.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100021713598250.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & R7 São Paulo. 07/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/alecsandra-38-anos-tiros-91odp-sp-sao-paulo/
https://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/corpo-e-encontrado-em-rua-do-butanta.ghtml
https://noticias.r7.com/sao-paulo/travesti-morre-baleada-na-regiao-da-barra-funda-07092017
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1678593692213925/
Ana Carolina Nascimento
Age 285 Sep 2017
Araraquara, São Paulo (Brazil)
Beaten/run over
TDoR list ref: tgeu/5-Sep-2017/Ana Carolina Nascimento
Ana was a student. The report on the TGEU TDoR 2017 list suggested she was beaten to death, but subsequent information suggests she may have died as a result of being run over by her own car.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100016606419267.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G1 São Carlos e Araraquara 05/09/2017
Nicole Teixeira (aka “Baiana”)
Age 255 Sep 2017
Sorriso, Mato Grosso (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/5-Sep-2017/Nicole
Neighbours heard noises in the flat where Nicole lived at night, but only suspected that something had happened when they did not see her leave the house in the next morning. She had been stabbed.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Expresso MT 05/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/nicole-25-anos-facadas-mt-sorriso/
http://www.reportermt.com.br/policia/travesti-e-encontrada-morta-com-faca-cravada-no-rosto/72013
https://www.agoramt.com.br/2017/09/travesti-e-encontrada-morta-com-faca-cravada-no-rosto/
Kashmire Redd
Age 284 Sep 2017
Gates, New York (USA)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-Sep-2017/Kashmire Redd
Kashmire was stabbed by his partner. She has been arrested and charged with manslaughter.
A Gates woman has been accused of fatally stabbing her partner during a domestic dispute in the couple's apartment early Monday.
Doris E. Carrasquillo, 40, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Kashmire Nazier Redd, 28, said Gates Police Chief Jim VanBrederode.
The couple lived together in a new apartment at 510 Coccia Crescent in Crerand Commons off Lyell Avenue in Gates, he said. The pair argued early Monday inside their shared apartment, he said. It's alleged that during the argument, Carrasquillo stabbed Redd several times in the upper body.
Redd left the apartment and collapsed on the front lawn.
Gates police were called to the scene shortly after 4:30 a.m., VanBrederode said Redd was still alive when officers arrived but died from injuries after being taken to Strong Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Police did not say why the pair was arguing.
TvT project: The Advocate & The Mic, 07.09.2017
https://avp.org/2017/09/06/ncavp-mourns-intimate-partner-violence-homicide-kashmire-redd-gates-ny/
http://www.newnownext.com/kashmire-redd-transgender-death/09/2017/
Ally Steinfeld
Age 173 Sep 2017
Cabool, Missouri (USA)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Sep-2017/Ally Lee Steinfeld
Ally was tortured and repeatedly stabbed in a friend’s living room. Her eyes were then gouged out and her body burned by the same “friends” in an attempt to conceal evidence of the crime.
One of the “friends” involved was an 18 year old she had been dating for a week.
Earlier this month in Cabool, Missouri, Ally Lee Steinfeld, a 17-year-old transgender girl, was reported missing by her family. Tragically, Steinfeld's remains were found last week and four people were arrested for alleged involvement in her murder. In the wake of her reportedly brutal death, many are speculating whether her murder was a hate crime, even though police have reportedly thus far dismissed that possibility.
Steinfeld was reportedly living in the small town of Cabool, located in the Ozarks, with three roommates. According to The Washington Post, Steinfeld came out as transgender earlier this year. In June, she posted a photo of herself on Instagram with the caption: “I am proud to be me I am proud to be trans I am beautiful I don’t care what people think.”
Steinfeld was reported missing earlier this month., Her remains were found last week and her three roommates — one of whom was reportedly Steinfeld's girlfriend — were charged with her alleged murder. A fourth suspect was also charged with alleged abandonment of a corpse and tampering with evidence.
Steinfeld's death was reportedly incredibly brutal. One of the suspects reportedly admitted to at first trying to poison the teen and then stabbing her, saying he had gouged out her eyes and stabbed her in the genitals. Three of the suspects also allegedly burned Steinfeld's body after her death.
In December 2017 Isis Schauer, 18, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In July 2018 James Thomas Grigsby, 25, pleaded guilty to the abandonment of a corpse and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. In December 2019 Briana Calderas, 24, pleaded guilty to charges of abandonment of a corpse, concealing a felony and tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution. She was sentenced to 8 years in prison. In August 2020 Andrew Vrba, 18, was convicted on charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and abandonment of a corpse.
Evidence showed that Vrba planned the murder. On 20th November 2020 - the Trans Day of Remembrance - he was sentenced to life without parole.
Ally's Instagram profile is https://www.instagram.com/allyleesteinfeld/.
TvT project: The Advocate & The Washington Post, 22.09.2017
https://planettransgender.com/andrew-vrba-sentenced-to-life-for-the-murder-of-ally-steinfeld/
https://planettransgender.com/andrew-vrba-found-guilty-of-murder-in-the-first-degree
https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story.php?ch=news&id=295688&
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article175459621.html
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article175459621.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/texts-show-teens-had-everything-planned-out-to-murder-trans-girl
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/30/us/transgender-teen-murdered-not-hate-crime-trnd/
https://fox2now.com/2018/07/05/second-guilty-plea-in-death-of-missouri-transgender-teen/
Flávia Furtado
Age 473 Sep 2017
Santos, São Paulo (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Sep-2017/Flávia
Flávia was sitting with a group at a bar table on the sidewalk when she was shot twice in the chest by an armed man. She died in hospital soon after entering the emergency room.
Her killer fled, but the registration of the car he drove was reported by witnesses and her murder was recorded by CCTV.
In social networks, relatives and friends lament what happened. “Another injustice with a wonderful human being who will miss her simplicity and humility, walk in peace,” a friend said.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & A Tribuna.com 03/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/flavia-furtado-47-anos-tiros-sp-santos/
Manuela
3 Sep 2017
Fresnillo, Zacatecas (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Sep-2017/Manuela
Manuela died after being stabbed in the neck with a screwdriver.
Rai
Age 343 Sep 2017
Petrolândia, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Stoned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Sep-2017/Rai
Rai was attacked and stoned to death while she was drinking at a bar on the waterfront.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Blog Ednevaldo Alves 03/09/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/rai-34-anos-apedrejada-pe-petrolandia/
http://www.edenevaldoalves.com.br/travesti-e-morto-pedradas-em-petrolandia
http://www.petrolandianoticias.com.br/2017/09/homossexual-morto-pedradas-na-orla.html
http://www.assisramalho.com.br/2017/09/petrolandia-setembro-da-diversidade.html
Daniele Jesus Lafon
Age 472 Sep 2017
Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Sep-2017/Daniele Jesus Lafon
Daniele was stabbed with a pair of scissors. According to the neighbours arguments were heard at Daniele’s house on several occasions, and her family suspects that the crime may have been committed by a former partner.
Police were called by neighbors of the victim on Sierra Leone Street in the Parque das Nações neighborhood. They were suspicious because the dogs were barking a lot and decided to go to the woman's house. When they broke through the door and entered the building, they noticed the stench and found Danielle Jesus Lafon dead.
A pair of scissors that might have been used in the crime was collected by the Civil Police for forensic tests. Witnesses told the Military Police that the [trans woman] was visited between the last Thursday (31) and Saturday (2), during which time the crime may have occurred. Witnesses said one of the visits was by a motorcyclist who was attending the woman's house. There is a suspicion that they have a relationship.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G1 Sul de Minas 02/09/2017
Name Unknown
31 Aug 2017
Chihuahua (Mexico)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/31-Aug-2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found in a decomposed state with a bag over her head. The cause of death is unknown.
http://ulisex.com/hallan-cadaver-de-posible-mujer-trans-en-un-pozo-de-aguas-pluviales-en-cd-juarez
Chanda Sharmeeli
Age 2530 Aug 2017
Karachi, Sindh (Pakistan)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Aug-2017/Chanda
Chanda was shot dead when a group of men in a car threw rotten eggs at a group of transgender people standing in the street and then opened fire on them.
A friend told Al Jazeera that the men in the car were drunk and had tried to force the murdered person to sit in the car with them.
https://nation.com.pk/30-Aug-2017/transgender-killed-in-a-firing-incident-in-karachi
http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/403439-Karachi-Transgender-killed-in-firing-incident
https://www.myzindagi.pk/blog/pakistani-transgenders-attack-karachi-chanda-sharmeeli-killed/
http://www.mambaonline.com/2017/08/31/one-dead-gunmen-opens-fire-transgender-women/
https://www.dawn.com/news/1354970
Misty
Age 2927 Aug 2017
Usulután (El Salvador)
Strangled
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Aug-2017/Misty
Misty was kidnapped by strangers who strangled her and put her body into a bag.
P.
Age 2727 Aug 2017
Acapulco, Guerrero (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Aug-2017/N.N./Acapulco
P. was shot on her way to work. Only her deadname is known.
https://ulisex.com/chica-trans-ultimada-balazos-acapulco/
http://verticediario.com/travesti-asesinado/
https://novedadesaca.mx/matan-a-tiros-a-travesti-en-las-cruces/
R. Ventura Márquez
Age 3627 Aug 2017
Durango (Mexico)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Aug-2017/N.N./Durango
R. was beaten to death in her home. Only her deadname is known.
https://laguna.multimedios.com/laguna/encuentran-hombre-vestido-de-mujer-golpeado-muerte
Malvilis Trujillo
Age 1727 Aug 2017
Flandes, Tolima (Colombia)
Asphyxiated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Aug-2017/Malvilis Trujillo
Malvilis was found dead in a hotel room. The previous night she had been seen with two men.
Xaynna Shayuri Morganna (“Lili”)
Age 4127 Aug 2017
Cachoeira, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Aug-2017/Lilly
Lili was last seen alive at around 10pm running in front of the city forum. Several minutes later she was found shot dead in a fetal position on the banks of the Paraguaçu River in a busy area near the town square.
According to the police, preliminary investigations suggest out that Lili was killed by three men who were in a silver-colored Honda Civic car.
Lili was president of the Gay Group of Cachoeira Association and since 2010 had been one of the organisers of the Cachoeira LGBT pride parade. As a result of her death, the 2017 Pride (which was due to happen on 15th October 2017) was cancelled.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/lili-41-anos-tiros-ba-cachoeira/index.html
Pepper K (“Phoenix”)
Age 3325 Aug 2017
Mansfield,, Ohio (USA)
Died in custody
Phoenix was killed by another inmate while incarcerated in the Mansfield Correctional Institution. They were taken to an area hospital but died of their injuries on 25 August.
According to Wikipedia, they had participated in the Black and Pink LGBTQ prisoner online pen pal program.
Note that Phoenix was not included in the official TDoR 2017 list released by Trangender Europe (TGEU) in November 2017.
http://nbc4i.com/2017/08/30/inmate-assaulted-in-mansfield-prison-has-died-ohio-patrol-says/
Peluchina
23 Aug 2017
Tecomán, Colima (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Aug-2017/La Peluchina
Peluchina’s throat was slit inside the Primaveras hotel. The identity of her killer is unknown.
The victim of the murder registered last Wednesday night in a hotel in the city of Tecomán was identified by the authorities. She was known in the municipality of Armería and among the LGBT sector as 'La Peluchina'.
At around 10 pm yesterday, Wednesday the 23rd, a person was found murdered inside the Primaveras hotel, located in the Bayardo neighborhood, in the city of Tecomán, next to the Colima – Manzanillo highway.
Police investigations revealed minutes after the discovery that the victim had a throat wound, presumably the product of a knife. So far the characteristics of the person or persons responsible for the murder are unknown.
The transsexual woman was identified by the authorities as [deadname] Aguilera, 27, known as 'La Peluchina', a resident of the Lázaro Cárdenas neighborhood of Armería.
According to relatives Aguilera, had been Gay Queen of Salt, of the Armería carnival in 2010.
http://contextocolima.com/index.php/home/nota/12458
http://www.colimanoticias.com/identifican-a-victima-de-asesinato-en-un-hotel-de-tecoman
Evelin Ferrari
Age 2322 Aug 2017
Caruaru, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Aug-2017/Evelin Ferrari and tgeu/21 Aug 2018/Evelin Ferrari
Evelin was a homeless drug user. Local residents said that at around 2 am they heard gunshots and then a car leaving the scene at high speed.
Note that their murder is included in both the TGEU TDoR 2017 and 2018 lists. Presumably the latter was in error.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/evelin-ferrari-23-anos-tiros-pe-caruaru/index.html
http://www.seligabelojardim.com.br/2017/08/travesti-e-assassinada-tiros-em.html
http://www.arletesantos.com.br/2017/08/travesti-evelin-ferrari-assassinado.html
Kiwi Herring
Age 3022 Aug 2017
St Louis, Mississipi (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Aug-2017/Kiwi Herring
Kiwi was shot 7 times by police in her home in front of her children. Friends and family dispute a report by the police claiming that Kiwi pulled a knife on them when they arrived near her home to answer calls about a domestic dispute.
She leaves behind a spouse and three children.
https://www.hrc.org/blog/kiwi-herring-shot-by-police-in-st.-louis-is-the-18th-known-transgender-pers
Name Unknown
22 Aug 2017
Veracruz (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Aug-2017/N.N.
Armed people went to abar and shot indiscriminately killing two people - one of them a trans woman working as a waitress.
http://plumaslibres.com.mx/2017/08/22/asesinan-mesero-afuera-una-cantina-coatzacoalcos
J. D. Nava Adame
Age 1721 Aug 2017
Chihuahua (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Aug-2017/N.N.
J. D. was shot along with her cousin Magaly Muñoz Adame and five other people. Only her deadname is known.
https://www.elsoldeparral.com.mx/local/fiscalia-dio-a-conocer-que-uno-de-los-fallecidos-era-travesti
https://www.elsoldeparral.com.mx/local/identifican-a-otros-dos-de-los-siete-ejecutados-el-lunes
J. López Anzola
Age 2020 Aug 2017
Chiquinquirá, Boyacá (Venezuela)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Aug-2017/N.N./Chiquinquira
J. was a nurse who worked in Chiquinquirá Hospital.
While waiting for a taxi to take her to a party a man tried to take her phone and stabbed her in the chest when she resisted. She died three hours later in hospital as a result of internal bleeding.
https://noticiasvideos1.com/le-asestaron-una-punalada-dos-hombres-asesinan-travesti-robarle-celular
http://versionfinal.com.ve/sucesos/asesinan-a-un-enfermero-para-robarle-el-celular/
http://www.laverdad.com/sucesos/125886-le-clavan-un-punal-a-travesti-para-robarlo.html
R. S. Durán
20 Aug 2017
Cuautla, Morelos (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Aug-2017/N.N./Morelos
R. S. was a sex worker. Her body was found with gunshot wounds near an industrial estate.
https://www.elsoldepuebla.com.mx/local/estado/asesinan-a-travesti-de-tepexco-en-morelos-875781.html
Akio Willy Costa Cruz
Age 3518 Aug 2017
Ananindeua, Pará (Brazil)
Stabbed and mutilated
It is not clear whether Akio identified as gay man or a transgender woman, but female pronouns were used in the original news report, which also referred to Akio as trans.
According to the police, Akio was killed at home by two men who had spent the night with her. After drinking alcoholic drinks, they killed and disembowelled her as well as plucking out her eyes and cutting off her genitals.
Two suspects were arrested and confessed to the crime.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-gay-man-was-gutted-and-had-his.html
http://www.diarioonline.com.br/noticias/policia/noticia-434219-.html
Dianna Della Vega
18 Aug 2017
Limoeiro, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Aug-2017/Dianna
Neighbours searched for Dianna after noticing that she was missing. When they found her they discovered that she had been shot.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/isis.armany.
http://www.coisasdavida.net.br/2017/08/homossexual-foi-encontrado-morto-dentro.html
https://blogdoagreste.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/homicidios-assaltos-abuso-e-prisoes.html
Name Unknown
16 Aug 2017
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua (Mexico)
Murdered
The victim's body was found dumped with a plastic bag over her head. Her social name was not reported, but reportedly her last names were López Ruíz.
This Wednesday, police authorities in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, found the lifeless body of a transgender woman, which was abandoned in a subdivision in the east of the municipality. Although the body showed no signs of violence, it is suspected that the cause of her death was homicide.
According to police reports, the body had been in the place for quite some time, because when it was found it was in an advanced process of decomposition. The staff of the State Attorney General's Office indicated that the woman had a plastic bag over her head and, although they reported that they found “no external traces of violence,” asphyxiation is a possible cause of death.
The body was recognized by her relatives, so it was soon learned that the deceased responded to the surname López Ruíz. Police authorities did not release more details about the woman's life and origin.
The body was sent to the Forensic Medical Service to perform a legal autopsy, determine the reasons for his death and be delivered to his relatives as soon as possible.
At the moment the Prosecutor's Office does not know what the causes of her death were, however, it is not ruled out that it was a homicide or a hate crime based on the gender identity and/or gender identity of the deceased.
https://observatoriolgbt.org.bo/index.php/noticia/detalle/cod_noticia/464
Kenicha
Age 1615 Aug 2017
Pococí, Limón (Costa Rica)
Asphyxiated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-Aug-2017/Kenicha
Kenicha’s body was found in a wasteland by neighbours. She had been asphyxiated.
Sufaid
Age 1714 Aug 2017
Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Aug-2017/Sufaid
Sufaid was shot dead in Khweshgi area of Nowshera district. The police arrested two people (identified as Amir and his accomplice Abid, both of whom had shared a home with Sufaid).
https://www.dawn.com/news/1351674
J. Negrete
13 Aug 2017
Puebla (Mexico)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Aug-2017/La Chapopota
J. was found dead with a bruise to her head in Hidalgo Street in the municipality of San Grabiel Chilac, in the area known as “La Chapopota”.
Cristal
Age 2513 Aug 2017
Mazatepec, Morelos (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Aug-2017/Cristal
Cristal and a cisgender woman named Viridiana were shot by two masked men. Cristal died at the scene and Viridiana in hospital.
https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/asesinan-balazos-travesti-y-una-mujer-en-mazatepec
https://lasillarota.com/estados/fin-de-semana-violento-en-morelos-reportan-8-muertos/169873
http://ulisex.com/asesinan-a-balazos-en-la-calle-a-2-mujeres-en-morelos-era-chica-trans/
https://www.elsoldecuernavaca.com.mx/policia/ejecutan-a-dos-en-mazatepec
https://ulisex.com/cristal-2017-in-memoriam/
Ayelén Gómez ("Lisa")
Age 31 (born 29 Jun 1987)12 Aug 2017
San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucuman (Argentina)
Asphyxiated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Aug-2017/Eyelen
Ayelén's body was found near a sports club showing signs of extreme violence after she had gone out to visit a friend but never arrived. She had died from asphyxiation.
Two employees of the club, located in the 9 de Julio Park in the provincial capital, found her under the southern tribune of Lawn Tennis. They hung up advertising posters, before a rugby match, when they found her body. Ayelén lay naked.
The local press spoke first of "a person" murdered and then "a travesti." After a few hours and after identification of the body by her mother it was learned that the victim was Ayelén Gómez, a trans woman from Ranchillos, a commune 24 km from San Miguel de Tucumán.
In that same city, on April 19, 2012, she had been arrested, raped and abused by two policemen from the second section of San Miguel. Ayelén had denounced these events in an interview as soon as [she] regained [her] freedom.
On the third anniversary of her death Ayelén's sister Yohana published an open letter calling for justice.
Open letter from Ayelén Gómez's sister, 3 years after her Transfemicide:
Hello, my name is Yohana Gómez, I am the sister of Ayelén Gómez, a young trans girl who was murdered on August 12, 2017 in the vicinity of the Lawn tennis stands in the 9 de Julio park. Today 3 years after her brutal murder I want to remember the request for justice for her crime.
I also want to remember and tell you a bit about Ayelén. She was a girl, and a fighter throughout her life history, it was not easy for her from a very young age. She lived through very difficult times and had a domestic accident where she was left with a disability in her hand.
Later in her teens, she went through discrimination on many occasions not being able to have the opportunity to have a good job, the only job she could go to was selling cosmetics, and she also liked to sew and made her own clothes. She also made them us for us, her siblings.
She liked playing with the boys very much and was very affectionate, always looking out for her family. She always took good care of her younger siblings and that is one of the things that I remember the most, so I will always be involved in the fight to demand justice. Lisa - that's what we called her in the family - I tell you that we miss her so much today. It is the third year without her and how it hurts to know there will be many more. I believe that the only consolation to alleviate so much pain is that justice is done for Ayelén Gómez's femicide. Let the true culprits pay, today I am missing a very large part in my life, my LISA, my sister.
Only in dreams she visits me, can I see her and hug her, I miss her a lot, that is why I ask for solidarity with the trans girls who continue in their fight for a dignified and peaceful life. That they are respected. To the families, they want them to help them because they don't exist like them. Today it's my turn to live without my sister, some murderers took her from me, who by their decision ended her life and they have no idea of ??the damage they did, the pain they left behind.
3 years without Ayelén Gómez but you will always be here now and always justice for Ayelén”.
On 30th November 2020 a permanent memorial to Ayelén was erected near the club on Gobernador del Campo Avenue in the form of a red bench:
Next Monday, the Municipality of San Miguel de Tucumán will inaugurate a red bench to pay tribute to Ayelén Gómez, a young trans woman who was found murdered on August 12, 2017 near the stands of the Tucuman Lawn Tennis Club, in Parque 9 de July."
As reported by the Municipality, the ceremony will take place at 10.30, on Gobernador del Campo Avenue, near the club. Municipal officials and family members of Ayelén will participate.
The event is part of the public policies carried out by the municipality to raise awareness and make femicides visible, and of the activities organized by the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women", which was commemorated on November 25.
In September 2021 Adrián Miranda admitted Ayelén's murder, and was sentenced to 12 years in prison for "simple homicide" (the judge refused to consider the charge of transfemicide). However, he may not have acted alone - and if that was the case the other alleged perpetrators remain at large.
There were four years of waiting until today when a conviction was finally achieved for the transfemicide of Ayelén Gómez that occurred in August 2017.
In a short trial, Adrián Miranda, the only defendant in the crime, admitted having murdered Ayelén and reached a deal the prosecution which established a sentence of 12 years in prison.
“We consider that the investigation was really flawed. The DNA test gives unknown perpetrators and we have the hypothesis that Miranda acted with someone else,” said Martín González, a lawyer for the human rights organization ANDHES, who acted as plaintiffs in the case.
In a final insult, the ruling by the judge deadnamed Ayelén.
La Sala Conclusional I condenó a 12 años de prisión a Adrián Miranda por el delito de “Homicidio Simple” de Ayelén Gómez. Sin embargo, en la sentencia no se respeta la Ley de Identidad de Género y se nombra en masculino a testigas y Ayelén en 14 oportunidades
— ANDHES (@ANDHES_org) October 18, 2021
Abrimos hilo...
Concluding Chamber I sentenced Adrián Miranda to 12 years in prison for the crime of “Simple Homicide” of Ayelén Gómez. However, the ruling does not respect the Gender Identity Law and witnesses and Ayelén are named in masculine 14 times.
ANDHES presented an Appeal for Clarification that is based mainly on the fact that the Court has failed to comply with its own resolution of June 2020 in which it orders the change of face.
There it had resolved to "REPLACE the name of the victim (...) by the first name regarding their self-perception in accordance with the LIG, local and international regulations, rulings and treaties of constitutional roots." In other words, to respect the name of Ayelén.
Finally, the sentence was given without processing the exhortations requested on 09/29 by ANDHES so that:
That the investigation of the case be continued with a transvestite / trans perspective
The creation and implementation of an Investigation Protocol for Transfemicides and Transvesticides.
The creation of a Specific Registry that includes the violent deaths of trans / transvestite women.
The effective application of the Micaela Law.
ANDHES requests that justice act with a trans perspective, strictly complying with the LIG and giving rise to exhortations, which are fundamental to guarantee the duty of non-repetition and due diligence #JusticiaPorAyelen #FueTransfemicidio
https://twitter.com/ANDHES_org/status/1450218090432696322
https://elnumeral.com/2022/08/12/ayelen-gomez-un-transfemicidio-que-marco-precedente/
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUVpQFmN8nm/
http://www.primerafuente.com.ar/noticias/90080/banco-rojo-para-recordar-ayelen-gomez
https://lanotatucuman.com/4ta-marcha-nacional-contra-los-travesticidios-y-transfemicidios/
http://agenciapresentes.org/2017/08/13/travesticidio-tucuman-encontraron-ayelen-gomez-lawn-tennis/
Gwynevere River Song
Age 2612 Aug 2017
Waxahachie, Texas (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Aug-2017/Gwynevere River Song
Gwynevere was a nonbinary identifying trans person allegedly shot and killed at home by their father after an argument.
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2017/8/16/texan-17th-transgender-american-murdered-2017
Thalyta Pavanelly
Age 2112 Aug 2017
João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Aug-2017/T. J. Gomes da Silva
Thalyta was shot at least three times in the head. She died instantly.
A [trans woman] was murdered early on Saturday (12) in the neighborhood of Mandacaru, in the capital João Pessoa.
According to the Military Police, 21-year-old [deadname] Gomes da Silva was hit with three gunshots on Avenida Ayrton Sena in the Ipês district.
According to the PM, no suspects of the crime were identified.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com//2017/08/12/thalyta-pavanelly-21-anos-tiros-pb-joao-pessoa/
Paulinha da Silva
Age 388 Aug 2017
Palmares, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Aug-2017/Paulinha
Paulinha was a bar with a man, and after a while they left together. Later that evening a man approached her and stabbed her to death. It took seven hours for her body to be collected.
https://goqueer.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/brazil-transgender-woman-is-brutally.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/paulinha-prof-sexo-facadas-18a-do-pe-palmares/
https://portall19lajedo.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/homossexual-e-assassinado-tiros-em.html
Bruna Laclose
6 Aug 2017
Pinheiro Machado, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Aug-2017/Bruna Laclose
Bruna was stabbed and died at the scene from her injuries. The suspect who killed her stabbed another victim later the same night.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004693789404.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/08/brazil-transgender-woman-is-stabbed-to.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/bruna-laclose-facadas-rs-pinheiro-machado/
Sihle
6 Aug 2017
Eastern Cape (South Africa)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Aug-2017/Sihle
Sihle was on her way home after a night out at a bar in Duncan Village when a man made sexual advances at her. When she refused his advances, the man became aggressive and stabbed her.
TvT project: AWID, 09.08.2017
Jaylow Mcglory
Age 29 (born 23 Jan 1988)4 Aug 2017
Alexandria, Louisiana (USA)
Shot
Jaylow was shot by her boyfriend. Despite confessing to using her for money and sex and shooting her, he was acquitted after using a form of trans panic defence.
Local media never stopped misgendering trans woman Jaylow Mcglory from the day she was killed in cold blood to the day Desmond Donte Harris was acquitted. Harris who was initially charged with murder [in] the First degree was the only witness the defense called to testify. Harris was found not guilty by a jury of second-degree murder in 2019 by using a version of the reviled and discredited trans panic defense.
Harris and McGlory had just moved into a duplex on Monroe Street about a week before the shooting took place, according to the landlord at the property, as well as a neighbor. That neighbor, Latasha Forte, said in just a brief amount of time, she frequently heard the two arguing. During the day of the shooting, Forte told the court that she heard Harris and McGlory arguing and then heard “two pops” and didn’t think anything of it at first, that’s until a bloody McGlory showed up to her door telling her to call the police. McGlory, who never identified the shooter, died before first responders could get there.
Detectives with the Alexandria Police Department told the court that they recovered two bullets, as McGlory was shot two times, and three bullet casings. A weapon was never found. Shortly before the shooting, Harris placed a call to his landlord, upset, and told her, “He said I want her to leave. I wasn’t sure who ‘her’ was. I said the best course of action was to call the police.” After the shooting, investigators “pinged” Harris’s cellphone and tracked him down to his sister’s home on Irish Lane where was hiding in a closet. He requested an attorney immediately and never spoke to the police.
On the second and final day of testimony Harris testified that he had walked out of a bathroom to find McGlory with a gun. He said the two fought over it, that it fired three times — hitting McGlory twice — and then he ran away.
Prosecutors asked Harris about the jail conversation that inmate Brandon Wade Clark had testified about for the prosecution on Wednesday. Clark said Harris had confessed during a conversation with him and other inmates to using McGlory for money and sex and shooting [her]. Harris then said Mcglory had the gun in her possession as they struggled but laid it down next to him when she was fatally wounded. The gun has never been recovered.
Jaylow's murder did not come to light until November 2017 and was not recorded on the official TDoR 2017 list released by Transgender Europe (TGEU) the same month.
Her Facebook profiles are https://www.facebook.com/jaylow.mcglory.3 and https://www.facebook.com/jaylow.mcglory.9. Her Instagram profile is https://www.instagram.com/jaylowmcglory/.
https://planettransgender.com/justice-for-trans-woman-jaylow-mcglory/
https://klax-tv.com/desmond-harris-found-not-guilty-in-2017-murder-case/
https://avp.org/ncavp-mourns-homicide-jaylow-mcglory-alexandria-la/
https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-mourns-jaylow-mcglory-a-transgender-woman-killed-in-louisiana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nnSQ-18tSQ
https://twitter.com/RaquelWillis_/status/932768272654544899
Charliene Silva Barreto
Age 252 Aug 2017
Itabuna, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Aug-2017/Charliane
Charliene was shot multiple times in the head. Her posture suggested that she did not see the attack coming.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/08/brazil-transgender-murdered-in-bahia.html
http://otempojornalismo.com.br/bahia/travesti-e-encontrada-morta-as-margens-da-br-101/
https://soemilheus.blogspot.com.br/2017/08/travesti-morto-tiros-e-identificado-por.html
https://www.facebook.com/marcelo.cerqueira.351/posts/10155055416587979
Mary Montilla
Age 262 Aug 2017
Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Aug-2017/Mary Monttila
Mary was chased and stabbed twice in the neck by two men after leaving a bar on Rua Francisco Ferreira Barbosa in the São Cristóvão neighborhood. The weapon used to kill her was found near her body.
In December 2018 Cícero Pereira dos Santos was sentenced to 14 years for her murder.
According to court records, Mary had slapped Cicero after he allegedly harassed her. After the incident, she was pursued by dos Santos and his stepson, Leandro Batista de Souza before being stabbed several times.
The Public Prosecutor requests the conviction of Cícero Pereira dos Santos for double-qualified homicide, with the qualifiers of futile motive and use of torture in the practice of crime. The defendant's defense, in the final allegations, maintained that he committed the act "under the effect of violent emotion, losing control of his emotional and psychological faculties as a result of the aggressions suffered previously by the quarrels with the victim."
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & R7 02/08/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/mary-montilla-26-anos-facadas-al-palmeira-dos-indios/
http://arapiracanews.com/policia/2657/2017/08/02/travesti-e-morta-a-facadas-em-palmeira-dos-ndios
https://www.estadaoalagoas.com.br/travesti-e-assassinada-a-golpes-de-faca-em-palmeira-dos-indios/
Name Unknown
1 Aug 2017
João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/1-Aug-2017/N.N.
The victim was shot and killed at dawn in the Citex community in the Geisel neighborhood of Joao Pessoa. She had a bullet wound to the head and her body had several bruises.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/nao-identificada-tiros-dh-pb-joao-pessoa/
http://zero83.com.br/noticia/travesti-e-assassinada-a-tiro-e
Aurinete Aldemir de Sousa
Age 2131 Jul 2017
Patos do Piaui, Piauí (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/31-Jul-2017/Aurinete
Aurinete was ambushed in a street near her home by three suspects who stabbed her in the neck.
A [trans woman] died after being stabbed in the rural area of ??the municipality of Patos do Piauí. Aurinete de Sousa was taken by a man, on a motorcycle, to a deserted street, at the entrance of Morro da Onça. The place is only 50 meters from the victim's house lived with the family. According to Sergeant Vila Nova, of the Military Police of Patos do Piauí, three people were said to have participated in the crime, which took place around 12:30 am.
Sergeant Vila Nova says that a single dagger blow would have been delivered to the victim's neck. Aurinete managed to escape and arrive at her home. She was rescued and taken to the Regional Hospital of Picos, but did not survive her injuries.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/08/brazil-transgender-teen-ambushed-and.html
https://www.noticiei.com/2017/07/31/jovem-e-assassinado-na-zona-rural-de-patos-do-piaui-em-suposto-crime-por-homofobia/ [BROKEN LINK]
Gabriela Sousa
Age 2131 Jul 2017
Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Jul-2017/Gabriela Sousa
Gabriela was shot by two men on a motorcycle while walking along the state highway CE-060. She died at the scene.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/08/brazil-transgender-woman-is-murdered-in.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/31/gabriela-sousa-19-anos-tiros-ce-maracanau/
http://www.reporterceara.com.br/travesti-e-morta-tiros-em-maracanau/
TeeTee Dangerfield
Age 3231 Jul 2017
College Park, Atlanta (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/1-Aug-2017/TeeTee Dangerfield
TeeTee was found shot inside her vehicle and taken to nearby Grady Memorial Hospital where she died of her injuries.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teetee-dangerfield-trans-murder_us_5981c910e4b0353fbb33c88d
http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_25d83e36-7eb2-11e7-9ee6-3bf2a68d909e.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/transgender-murdered-and-missed-remembering-teetee-dangerfield
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/arrest-made-transgender-woman-death/nL8AQqmb04HoCp4fbgYOuO/
Name Unknown
Age 3630 Jul 2017
Tlaltizapán, Morelos (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Jul-2017/N.N.
The victim was shot in the head. According to witnesses her body was thrown from a moving gray truck onto a dirt road that leads from the town of San Miguel 30 to Acamilpa.
https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/matan-de-un-balazo-un-travesti-en-tlaltizap%C3%A1n
Name Unknown
Age 2229 Jul 2017
Venezuela
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/29-Jul-2017/N.N.
Witnesses say that she was taken into a vehicle by people who identified her as trans and then killed her.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & La Prensa Salara 02.08.2017
Kajal
Age 4029 Jul 2017
Patna, Bihar (India)
Throat cut
TDoR list ref: tgeu/29-Jul-2017/Kajal
Kajal’s throat was cut by her partner, a 26 year old man named Saurav. After killing her he surrendered to the police.
PATNA: A 26-year-old man walked into Alamganj police station in blood stained clothes on Friday midnight and claimed he had murdered his transgender partner with whom he had physical relationship for over six years.
The man, Saurav Suman, then guided the police to his medical shop at Gai Ghat from where the body of the transgender, Kajal (40), was recovered around 2am. The body was lying in a pool of blood when the police reached the spot.
SHO of Alamganj police station Om Prakash said Saurav has confessed to killing Kajal. “It seems the murder was fallout of a property dispute between Saurav and Kajal. The latter had made Saurav nominee while buying a plot of land,” he added. The SHO said Saurav told police that he slit Kajal’s throat with a surgical blade inside his shop. Kajal was living in a rented house at Gud Ki Mandi while Saurav is a resident of Kazibagh.
Leona Albuquerque
27 Jul 2017
Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Jul-2017/Leona Albuquerque
Leona was shot on the night of Friday 27th July in the neighborhood of Cidade Nova in Salvador.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/leona-albuquerque-tiros-ba-salvador/
Monserrat Alejandra Carrizales Castro
Age 3027 Jul 2017
Nuevo Leon (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Jul-2017/N.N.
Monserrat was a sex worker in the area of the highway to Nuevo Laredo, north of Monterrey.
She was beaten around the head and then shot dead. Her body was found on a plot of land in Ciénega de Flores, Nuevo León.
Police reported that her body showed signs of blows to the head, as well as several wounds by firearm on the skull, blood stains and signs that it had been dragged to the place where it was found. They speculate she was killed elsewhere and then her body dragged to the place where it was found.
https://ulisex.com/monserrat-carrizales-la-mujer-trans-asesinada-en-nuevo-leon/
Pamela Anabel Tabares
Age 3626 Jul 2017
Perez, Santa Fe (Argentina)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Jul-2017/Pamela Tabarez
Pamela was a sex worker who lived in conditions of extreme vulnerability. She had been going to the Municipality for some time to ask for help but none had been forthcoming.
In the early hours of Wednesday, 26th July she was shot in the face, chest and leg on a rural road of the town of Pérez. Her body showed no other signs of violence.
Six 380-caliber shell casings were found at the scene.
http://agenciapresentes.org/2017/07/27/travesticidio-rosario-pamela-tabares-siempre-pidio-ayuda/
http://agenciapresentes.org/2017/07/26/travesticidio-en-rosario-la-victima-fue-baleada/
https://www.lmneuquen.com/asesinaron-cinco-tiros-una-travesti-rosario-n559053
http://misionesonline.net/2017/07/27/hallan-muerta-cinco-tiros-una-travesti-santa-fe/
Natália Pimental
Age 2025 Jul 2017
Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Jul-2017/Natalia Pimentel
Natália was deliberately run over three times by a male driver who she had refused to take on as a client for $17. One of the news reports shows CCTV footage of part of the the attack, and it is absolutely horrific.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/natalia.pimentel.921.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-is-run-down.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/natalia-pimental-prof-sexo-22-anos-mt-varzea-grande/
Justine Doe
Age "Under 40"24 Jul 2017
Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
Shot
Justine was shot by a homeowner who found her in a basement. News reports portrayed her as a burglar, whereas it may be that she was homeless and seeking shelter.
Police: DeKalb County homeowner shoots, kills intruder
LITHONIA, Ga. - Police need help identifying a [woman] suspected in a deadly home invasion early Monday, according to authorities.
DeKalb County Police said the [woman], who was wearing a wig and arched eyebrows, broke into a house on Beechwood Forest Drive just outside of Lithonia. The homeowner shot the [woman] in the stomach after [she] continued to walk towards him in a basement, according to investigators.
Lt. Lonzy Robertson told FOX 5's Marissa Mitchell the homeowner will likely not face charges in what is considered a "justifiable" shooting.
The deceased burglar is described as a dark-skinned black [woman], 5'6'' to 5'8'' weighing 180 pounds. Lt. Robertson said the [woman] was wearing a burgundy shirt and shorts at the time of the crime.
A comment on a Reddit post about her case gives some context to the possibility that she might have been homeless and seeking shelter:
Possibly from the homeless population? Especially since no one seems to know who it is. Or abandoned by their family for being trans. Sad deal. I also always feel for the homeowners in this situation. It must weigh on them to take a life. But in all honesty if someone was walking towards me in my creepy basement I would shoot to, I can't imagine how scary that would be.
People from several surrounding states and a few more northerly states come to the Atlanta area when street homeless because it is warmer than basically every area north, east, and west of it. Metros in almost every direction like Saint Louis, Louisville, Washington are all much colder if you're homeless. So possibly being homeless may not be a bad guess.
I just wonder if this is the case, what steps do police take? As far as I know, there are few or no shelters in the Atlanta area that accept an adult transgender resident so were she homeless she likely did not even access services or sign in anywhere.
https://transdoetaskforce.org/new-forensic-image-of-justine-doe-2017
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/police-dekalb-county-homeowner-shoots-kills-intruder
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Justine
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/60757/details
Name Unknown
Age 4222 Jul 2017
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Jul-2017/N.N.
The victim was found dead near a railway line in the center of the capital of Minas Gerais. Her underwear had been pulled down and she had been stabbed several times in the head and neck.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/nao-identificada-facadas-mg-belo-horizonte-2/
Carolina Alexis Zapata (“Carolina La Mala”)
Age 2122 Jul 2017
Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional (Dominican Republic)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Jul-2017/Carolina Alexis Zapata
Carolina was beaten around the head with a bat. She died in hospital.
http://lacallenoticias.com/2017/07/25/le-quitaron-la-vida-a-batazos/
http://ntelemicro.com/v1/muere-transexual-despues-golpeada-bate
https://lanaciondominicana.com/noticia/matan-a-batazos-a-transexual-en-villa-mella/67030/
E. A. da Silva
Age 4021 Jul 2017
Maceio, Alagoas (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Jul-2017/E. A. da Silva
E.A. was shot three times near Vila dos Bancários in Raul Lemos Square in Poço neighborhood in Maceió. She died at the scene.
A [trans woman] was shot to death, near Vila dos Bancários, in Praça Raul Lemos, in the neighborhood of Poço, in Maceió. According to the 1st Battalion of the Military Police, the crime occurred around 4:30 am this Friday (21). According to the police, the Battalion was called through an anonymous report. The [trans woman], who has not yet been identified, was hit by three shots.
Police said there were still no suspects in the crime. The Criminalistics Institute went to the scene to do the body examination. The Legal Medical Institute and agents of the Homicide Police Station, who investigated the circumstances of the murder, also went to the scene.
According to the police the crime occurred around 4:30 am on Friday 21st July.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/nao-identificada-tiros-dhc-al-maceio/
Camila Guedes
Age 3120 Jul 2017
Monte Mor, São Paulo (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Jul-2017/Camila Guedes
Camila was stabbed in the neck and back. Her body was found at her home by her mother.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-murdered-in_49.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/camila-guedes-31-anos-facadas-sp-monte-mor/
http://www.regiaohoje.com.br/noticia/4111/travesti-e-encontrado-morto-a-facada-em-monte-mor.html
Gil Pereira da Costa
Age 3320 Jul 2017
Rio Branco, Acre (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Jul-2017/Gil Pereia da Costa
Gil was crossing a bridge on foot when he was approached by two riders who shot him twice.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-man-shot-down-on.html
Name Unknown
Age 3517 Jul 2017
Reynosa, Tamaulipas (Mexico)
Stoned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/17-Jul-2017/N.N.
The victim was found dead, with her head very badly beaten.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Debate, 22.07.2017
Sophia Charlotty
Age 2217 Jul 2017
Campo Mourão, Paraná (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/17-Jul-2017/Sophia
Sophia was stabbed in the chest and abdomen by a couple shouting “You gotta die, you gotta die, you really gotta die!”
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-is-by-couple.html
https://www.tribunadointerior.com.br/noticia/travesti-e-morto-com-varios-golpes-de-faca-em-c-mourao
https://tasabendo.com.br/policial/mais-um-travesti-e-morto-na-rua-da-prostituicao/
https://massanews.com/noticias/plantao/travesti-e-assassinada-a-facadas-por-casal-4rn7z.html
Michelle Melo
Age 2917 Jul 2017
Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/17-Jul-2017/Michele
Michelle was with three people in her own home when armed men broke into her house and shot her several times. She died at the scene.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-murdered-at_30.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/michelle-29-anos-tiros-dh-ma-caxias/
http://www.ma10.com.br/2017/07/18/travesti-e-assassinado-dentro-de-casa-em-caxias/
http://www.blogosdoisladosdamoeda.com.br/2017/07/caxias-travesti-e-assassinado-tiros.html
http://caxiasonline.com/caxias-travesti-e-assassinado-a-tiros-dentro-da-propria-casa/
Claudia Muñoz García
15 Jul 2017
Altamirano, Chiapas (Mexico)
Run-over
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-Jul-2017/Claudia Muñoz García
Claudia was hit by a car.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Canal 44
Thalia Borges
Age 2914 Jul 2017
Rio Verde, Goiás (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Jul-2017/Thalia
Thalia was shot in the head while sitting in her car.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-murdered-in_30.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/thalia-29-anos-tiros-go-rio-verde/
M. Ferreira Avelino
Age 2613 Jul 2017
New Parnamirim, Rio Grande du Norte (Brazil)
Shot
M. was a barber and hairdresser. He was taken hostage during an attempted robbery but caught in in an exchange of gunshots that followed.
Family members said that the barbershop that he worked for had recently moved to the mall because it had been the target of robbers at its previous location.
M’s death was not included in the official TGEU list.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/m-ferreira-avelino-barbeiro-26-anos-tiros-rn-natal/
Bruna dos Santos
Age 229 Jul 2017
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Beaten and shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/9-Jul-2017/Bruna dos Santos
Bruna was raped, beaten and shot.
A close friend of Bruna wrote about her on social networks ….
“… Who was Bruna? Bruna was a trans woman with a huge smile on her face, sadness inside but always knew how to bear everything, at age 11 she assumed homosexuality, at the age of 16 she assumed her feminine identity, everyone who knew her knew how happy she was.
On July 9, 2017 Bruna lost her life on a soccer field near her family’s home, where she was raped / punched in the face and shot, just another trans woman murdered for homophobia. Bruna did not have social networks and did not even like to take photos … She was a person who stayed away from cameras and social networks.”
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/bruna-dos-santos-22-anos-tiros-rs-pelotas/
https://www.diariopopular.com.br/index.php?n_sistema=3056&id_noticia=MTI1NDM2&id_area=Nw==
Cauã Perez
Age 239 Jul 2017
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/9-Jul-2017/Cauã
Cauã worked as a carkeeper. He was working on a sunny Sunday afternoon when a man would have approached and shot him 4 times before fleeing on a motorcycle.
Witnesses reported that he had tried to stop a vehicle theft that morning, so one possibility was that the murder was motivated by revenge,
https://www.facebook.com/htacontato/posts/719133094956931
http://www.osul.com.br/mulher-e-morta-em-plena-tarde-em-area-de-lazer-no-centro-de-porto-alegre/
Anna Sophia
Age 168 Jul 2017
João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Jul-2017/Anna Sophia
Anna was with her twin brother when the occupants of a vehicle shot her in the head. She died while being admitted to hospital.
A retired police sergeant confessed to the murder saying he “killed because he did not like homosexuals”.
In December 2021 Antônio Rego Sobrinho, was sentenced to 16 years and 9 months in prison for Anna's murder.
Retired military policeman, Antônio Rego Sobrinho, was sentenced to 16 years and 9 months in prison in a closed regime for the murder of 16-year-old transsexual teenager Anna Sophia. The trial took place this Monday (13/12), at the 2nd Court of Jury of João Pessoa.
According to the investigations and the complaint offered by the Public Ministry of Paraíba (criminal action 0008070-30.2017.8.15.2002), on the night of July 8, 2017, the defendant fired, without any prior discussion, several gunshots of fire against the victim, who was playing dominoes with friends in Praça Bela Vista, in the BairroEmployees II neighborhood. Although the teenager was rescued to a hospital in the Capital, she could not survive her injuries.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-teen-is-murdered-by.html [BROKEN LINK]
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/nao-identificada-16-anos-tiros-pb-joao-pessoa/ [BROKEN LINK]
Yadira Rodríguez Sánchez
Age 506 Jul 2017
Puebla (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Jul-2017/Yadira Lopez Marroquin
Yadira was the manager of the La Clínica bar located on the Tehuacán-Teotitlán state highway.
Neighbours reported hearing shouting and called the police. When the police arrived, they found Yadira’s body with head injuries.
Note that the press reports relating to this case are contradictory - of the reports which name the victim, one reports her name as Yadira (M. A. Rodríguez Sánchez), age 26-28, and other as Bernabé A, age 50.
Bernabé is a male given name, and as the second initials match and another report names the deceased as Yadira, age 50, Yadira Rodríguez Sánchez is probably the correct name and the age estimate of 26-28 is incorrect.
Note that TGEU incorrectly named her as Yadira Lopez Marroquin, which is the name of another victim from 16th April 2017.
http://www.e-consulta.com/nota/2017-07-06/seguridad/asesinan-mujer-travesti-en-un-bar-de-tehuacan
http://www.sinembargo.mx/06-07-2017/3256852
Name Unknown
6 Jul 2017
Sinaloa (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Jul-2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found shot in the street. The exact date of death is unknown.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Debate, 06.07.2017
M. Ángel Vega Martínez
Age 364 Jul 2017
Estado de Mexico (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-Jul-2017/N.N.
M. was on her way back home after exercising when she was approached by a man who argued with her. She tried to run to safety but he shot her several times. 8 shell casings were found next to her body.
http://www.elgrafico.mx/la-roja/05-07-2017/plomean-hombre-mientras-hacia-ejercicio-en-chalco
Vicky Spears
3 Jul 2017
Diadema, São Paulo (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Jul-2017/Vicky Spears
Vicky was shot 7 times.
† Vicky Spears † Killed yesterday in Diadema with 7 shots. Super person in hers, very nice people. I met her at a bar where I go once in a while.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/vicky.spears.3
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/23533/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/trasngender-woman-murdered-with-7.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1600625016677460/
Ebony Morgan
Age 282 Jul 2017
Lynchburg, Virginia (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Jul-2017/Ebony Morgan
Ebony was shot multiple times at home. She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Though they are aware she was a transgender woman, authorities referred to Morgan by her dead name because she had not legally changed her name, according to the News & Advance. Police say prosecutors also are aware of Morgan’s gender identity and are investigating the homicide as a possible hate crime.
http://www.newnownext.com/ebony-morgan-lynchburg-virgnia-transgender-murder/07/2017/
Larissa
2 Jul 2017
Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Jul-2017/Larissa
Larissa was shot multiple times on João D’arc road in the Vicent Pizon neighbourhood of Fortaleza.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgedender-woman-murdered-in.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/larissa-tiros-ce-fortaleza/
https://www.facebook.com/guerreirofta/posts/249832682169887 [BROKEN LINK]
Rayanne Karlla
Age 352 Jul 2017
Fortaleza,, Ceará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Jul-2017/Rayane
Ryanne was shot multiple times in the head by two men on a motorcycle while she was closing up her shop for the evening.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/wirna.karlla.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-murdered-in-her.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/rayane-35-anos-15-tiros-ce-fortaleza/
http://cnews.com.br/cnews/noticias/114460/travesti_e_morta_com_pelo_menos_15_tiros_em_horizonte
http://www.portaloros.com.br/2017/07/travesti-e-assassinada-tiros-quando.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1598683113538317/
Cindy Crawford Revlon
1 Jul 2017
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Decapitated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Jul-2017/Cindy Crawford Revlon
Cindy was decapitated. The exact date of her death is unknown, but her body was found several days later.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Canal 44, 1.07.2017
Larissa Valverde (Lolly)
Age 241 Jul 2017
Sorriso, Mato Grosso (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Jul-2017/Lola
Larissa was stabbed from behind with a screwdriver in a supermarket car park. The Civil Police also reported that the perpetrator (who has been arrested) introduced a vial of deodorant into her anus. He was arrested and confessed to the crime.
A horrendous crime probably motivated by Transphobia happened this Sunday in the city of Sorriso, which is approximately 420 km from Cuiabá, capital of the state of Mato Grosso. According to the online news portal G1, Larissa Valverde, as she was known, was killed cruelly in the parking lot of a supermarket located in Bairro Jardim Alvorada. Her body was found just before dawn on Sunday (2).
[deadname] Ferreira, 24, aka Larissa, was cowardly attacked from behind, she was hit by four blows from a sharp weapon which investigators believe is a screwdriver found near the body.
According to the criminal expert, responsible for examining the crime scene, Larissa did not have any defense wounds, meaning that she was probably attacked by surprise by the murderer.
Her killer Cléverson dos Santos was arrested on 16th July 2017. In June 2021 he was sentenced to to 15 years, 7 months and 14 days in prison for killing Larissa, and a further two years for mutilating her corpse.
The Jury Court sentenced Cléverson dos Santos, known as “Zico”, to 15 years, 7 months and 14 days in prison in prison for killing Luiz Henrique Ferreira with a screwdriver and and two years for desecrating her corpse. He was also convicted of attempted theft from a church and a stationery store. All crimes were committed on the night of July 1, 2017, in the municipality of Sorriso (distant 394 km from Cuiabá).
According to the complaint by the Public Ministry, before committing the murder, the defendant committed successive crimes, starting with an attempted theft in the Santa Luzia Parish, in the Industrial district. The theft didn't happen because Cléverson couldn't break the lock on the door. Faced with the failed attempt, the defendant continued his endeavor through the same neighborhood until he reached the Agape Stationery and Malharia. While he was trying to break down the door of the establishment, the owner shouted for help to the neighbors, causing him to flee the scene.
Almost two hours later at 11:45 pm, in the Centro Sul neighborhood, Cléverson found the victim [deadname], who was a [trans woman], in the parking lot of a supermarket. Without any chance of defense, [deadname] was attacked with a screwdriver from behind, with the motive being one of low value. According to the autopsy examination the victim received four blows to the neck in total, dying instantly. After the victim was murdered, Cléverson desecrated the corpse by inserting a cylindrical plastic tube into her anus.
Note that the TDoR 2017 list released by Transgender Europe (TGEU) in November 2017 gives her name as “Lola”.
https://www.agoramt.com.br/2021/06/homem-e-condenado-a-15-anos-de-prisao-por-matar-travesti/
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/larissa-valverde-lola-prof-sexo-24-anos-mt-sorriso/
http://www.olhardireto.com.br/noticias/exibir.asp?id=436302
http://midianews.com.br/policia/travesti-e-encontrada-morta-com-requintes-de-crueldade/300476
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgeder-woman-brutally.html [BROKEN LINK]
Juliana Orrego Monsalve
Age 3730 Jun 2017
Aguaclara, Valle de Cauca (Colombia)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/1-Jul-2017/Juliana Orrego Monsalve
Juliana was riding a motorcycle to the property on the Villa Morena estate where she lived with her family when she was attacked by two people. They shot her twice in the back and then stabbed her in the face before fleeing. She died at the scene.
Juliana was from Tuluá and had been the target of a firearm attack in the municipality of Riofrío in 2016.
Note that although the TGEU list gives her date of death as 2nd July, one of the news reports gives the date of her murder as Friday 30th June.
https://90minutos.co/mujer-transgenero-asesinada-amenazada-tulua-03-07-2017/
http://hsbnoticias.com/noticias/judicial/asesinada-mujer-transgenero-en-tulua-321906
http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/cali/repudian-asesinato-de-una-mujer-transgenero-en-tulua-105012
Carla Viana
28 Jun 2017
Maceió, Alagoas (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/28-Jun-2017/Carla
Carla was beaten and stabbed to death by four men who followed her when she left a bar.
The [trans woman] Carla who was beaten and stabbed late last night (25) after leaving a bar in the neighborhood of Clima Bom, uptown Maceió, could not resist her injuries and died on Wednesday morning (28). at the State General Hospital (HGE).
The victim reportedly spent the afternoon in a bar and was followed by four men when she left. The suspects were seen by people fleeing after assaulting the [trans woman].
Upon learning of the death of Carla, the LGBT Municipal Council for Citizenship Rights filed a complaint against the crime.
From January to date, eight LGBT people have been murdered in Alagoas, says the president of the Gay Group of Alagoas, Nildo Correia. Of the murders, three were [trans women].
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/transgender-woman-murdered-by-four-men.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/carla-facadas-al-maceio/
Ava Le'Ray Barrin
Age 1725 Jun 2017
Athens, Georgia (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Jun-2017/Ava Le'Ray Barrin
Ava was shot in the chest after an argument with an acquaintance in the parking lot of a residential complex. Her killer was charged with murder and aggravated assault.
Who Was Ava Le'Ray Barrin? The Trans Teen's Death Is Devastating
According to Mic, those who had attended Barrin’s candlelight memorial service noted how cherished and valued she was. [The organiser of the event] told Mic that Barrin “was happy in her own skin” and told her friends she was transitioning in December. In a heartfelt obituary dedicated to Barrin on Bazaar Daily, the young girl was described as “unapologetically real” and someone who “feared nothing […] especially not being herself.”
Barrin had ambitious dreams for her life. According to [her friend], Barrin aspired to become a model and wanted to move to Los Angeles to make her dream come true.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ava-leray-barrin-17-is-the-youngest-trans-murder-victim-of-2017-so-far
Ney Oliveira
Age 2025 Jun 2017
Apuarema, Bahia (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Jun-2017/Ney Oliveira
Ney was stabbed by the husband of a bar owner after arguing with them. The couple involved were arrested.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-killed-by.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/v-oliveira-20-anos-facadas-ba-apuarema/
http://www.giroemipiau1.com.br/2017/06/apuarema-transexual-e-morto-facadas-em.html
http://www.macaubenselife.com.br/2017/06/apuarema-ba-transexual-e-morto-facadas.html
Salomé Bracho
Age 2525 Jun 2017
São Luís do Curu, Ceará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Jun-2017/Salomé Bracho
Salomé was shot by two men while leaving a concert.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/SALOMEBRACHOGATA.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-murdered-on_28.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/salome-bracho-25-anos-tiros-ce-sao-luis-do-curu/
http://www.amigosdeplantao.com.br/2017/06/violencia-travesti-e-morta-tiros-na.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1588957547844207/
Sandra de Souza Medeiros
Age 3525 Jun 2017
São Carlos, São Paolo (Brazil)
Suicide
Sandra died by suicide. She was found dead by hanging on the night of Sunday 25th June at her home in Vila Alpes, São Carlos. According to her friends, she suffered from depression.
Sandra was a battler and always fought for her rights, including, after much struggle, managed to change her civil registry to the name she had chosen.
Tabata Brandão
Age 2025 Jun 2017
Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Jun-2017/Tabata Brandão
Tabata was shot multiple times. Witnesses report that a vehicle was seen parked by Tabata’s dead body for about 20 minutes. The riders were drinking alcohol but left before the police arrived.
In May 2019 Valdinei Sousa da Silva went to trial for her murder.
Valdinei Sousa da Silva will be tried by the Jury's Court of Rondonopolis (212 km from Cuiabá) this Friday (May 24), for murder homicide due to homophobia - and by a means that made it difficult for the victim to defend herself. As reported by the 6th Prosecutor's Office of Criminal Justice, the crime happened in June 2017, in the Novo Horizonte neighborhood. [Deadname] Dias, whose social name was "Tábata", was killed by the accused with four gunshots.
According to the investigation, the victim was a [trans woman] and was working as a sex worker at the scene when the accused and wife arrived on a motorcycle, and, moved by feelings of prejudice and discrimination, offended Tábata and other [trans women] who were there. The victim defended herself, which angered Valdinei.
He narrates the complaint that, afterwards, "imbued with animus necandi (intent to kill), the accused went to his home where he seized a firearm and returned alone to the scene of the crime", shooting Tábata four times. The victim died instantly. The accused has been in preventive custody since 2017 at the Major PM Eldo Sá Corrêa Penitentiary - "Mata Grande".
Tabata's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012294122665.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & Olhar direto 25/06/2017
https://www.folhamax.com/policia/acusado-de-matar-travesti-vai-a-juri-popular-em-mt/211434
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-shot-down-in.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1588673254539303/
C. Barroso de Oliveira
24 Jun 2017
Ananindeua, Pará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Jun-2017/C. Barroso de Oliveira
C. was shot in the face while at home. The police suspect that the crime has some relation to drug traffic.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/24/nao-identificada-tiros-pa-ananindeua/
http://www.diarioonline.com.br/noticias/policia/noticia-427129-travesti-e-morta-dentro-de-casa.html
Denise Sollony
Age 5324 Jun 2017
Aracaju, Sergipe (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Jun-2017/Denise
Denise was shot in her own home in the capital city of Sergipe State, Aracaju by two men on a motorcycle who shot at her through the front gates of the building. Her partner was also hit.
Denise was considered to be one of the first known transgender people in the state of Sergipe. Her death had an impact on social media, where her friends wrote several farewell messages.
In May 2018 Naelson Araújo Fonseca, 24, and Adilson Porto Silva Filho, 28, were imprisoned for her murder.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-well-known-transgender-woman-is.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/24/nao-identificada-53-anos-tiros-se-aracaju/
https://sergipe24horas.com/transexual-e-morta-a-tiros-no-conjunto-augusto-franco-106340-.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-jwwPVV9sE&feature=youtu.be
Nicolly Santos
Age 2124 Jun 2017
Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Jun-2017/Nicolly Santos
Nicolly was stabbed several times. According to a friend, she used to work as a sex worker in an empty building.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-young-transgender-woman-stabbed.html
http://www.gravataemminhaslentes.com.br/2017/06/travesti-gravataense-e-morto-facadas-em.html
Camily Victoria
22 Jun 2017
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Jun-2017/Camily Victoria
Camily was shot. Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/camily.victoria.752
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/camily-victoria-tiros-mg-belo-horizonte/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1587933334613295/
Adriana Cruz Serrano
20 Jun 2017
Veracruz (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Jun-2017/Adriana Cruz Serrano
Hitmen shot Adriana and another person in a bar.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Plumas Libres 21.06.2017
Name Unknown
Age 3520 Jun 2017
Puebla (Mexico)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Jun 2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found in a state of decomposition, with her hands tied and a bag over her head. The exact date and cause of her death are unknown.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & El Sol de Puebla 20.06.2017
Name Unknown
19 Jun 2017
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Stoned and shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/19-Jun-2017/N.N.
The victim was stoned and shot. Her body was found floating in the Arrudas river, near the Granja de Freitas neighborhood in the eastern region of Belo Horizonte.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/19/nao-identificada-tiros-mg-belo-horizonte/
Bárbara
18 Jun 2017
Maceió, Alagoas (Brazil)
Run over
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Jun-2017/Bárbara
Bárbara was run over by a car. The driver fled.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/barbara-atropelamento-al-maceio/
http://www.alagoas24horas.com.br/1069150/travesti-morre-apos-ser-atropelada-na-br-104-na-mata-rolo/
Kenya
Age 3818 Jun 2017
Estado de Mexico (Mexico)
Not reported
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Jun-2017/Kenya
Kenya’s body was found by a relative. The cause of her death is unknown.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans, 18.06.2017
L. da Silva Santos
Age 1816 Jun 2017
Caraguatatuba, São Paulo (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-Jun-2017/N.N.
The body of the victim was found wrapped in a sheet near a cliff known as “Hole of the Ounce” on the road of the Alto Pouso. According to reports, she may have been lured to her death by the prospect of work. After being killed her body was thrown from a cliff.
One of the news reports notes that the “ Location is known as a spawning point for corpses”.
Original news reports, RedeTransBrasil and TGEU describe the victim as being unidentified and of 35 years of age, but she was subsequently identified as a missing 18 year old by a tattoo on her left leg.
http://www.meon.com.br/noticias/regiao/corpo-de-travesti-e-encontrado-proximo-a-rodovia-dos-tamoios
https://plantaopolicialecampos.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/corpo-encontrado-no-buraco-da-onca-e.html
Enrique Shyne
Age 3015 Jun 2017
Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Tortured
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-Jun-2017/E. Shyne
Enrique was a telemarketing assistant. She went missing on 5th June and was found dead with signs of torture 10 days later.
Telemarketing attendant [deadname] da Silva Mendes, 30, was found dead on Thursday night (15) in the former Rio-São Paulo, KM 54, in Seropédica. [deaname], known as Enrique Shyne by friends, was [transgender] and has been missing since June 5. Her body was found with signs of torture.
The case was registered in the 48th PD (Seropédica). In conversation with the G1 , Solange Marinho, mother of [deadname] does not rule out homophobic crime.
"It may be everything. My [daughter] was [transgender], but she was not a clubber, did not drink, did not use drugs, or sleep on the streets. It was certainly an ambush. She must have gotten a call from an acquaintance and went out to meet them. He I would never meet anyone I didn't know. My [daughter] left home with only her car and his cell phone, "explains Solange.
I wish I could wish you a happy birthday, a tight hug and celebrate for your life. But unfortunately a monster has taken you from us so early, we can only keep the longing and the memory of our friendship. But I'm sure that wherever you are, you're still shining!
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/enrique.shine.9.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-went-missing.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1577640195642609/
Julhão Petruck
Age 2015 Jun 2017
Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-Jun-2017/Julhão Petruk
Julhão was shot 7 times in the face while leaving his home. It is suspected that his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend was the killer.
His Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/juliao.petruquio.961
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-young-man-murdered.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/julhao-petruk-20-anos-tiros-ce-fortaleza/
Renata Vieira
Age 2414 Jun 2017
Uberlândia, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Jun-2017/Renata Vieira
Witnesses reported that Renata was working in the immediate vicinity and before being killed had argued with a client and been threatened with death.
Moments later two men approached her in a car and beat her with a piece of wood and a firearm. She died at the scene.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/renata-24-anos-pauladas-mg-uberlandia/
http://v9vitoriosa.com.br/policia/travesti-e-espancada-ate-a-morte-no-bairro-dona-zulmira/
http://gazetadeuberlandia.com.br/travesti-morre-ao-ser-espancada-a-pauladas/
Josie Berrios (aka Kendra Adams and Kimbella Rosé)
Age 2813 Jun 2017
Ithaca, New York (USA)
Burned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Jun-2017/Josie Berrios (aka Kendra Adams and Kimbella Rosé)
Josie’s burnt body was discovered inside a building at a construction site next to a can of petrol. Evidence, including surveillance video, led police to her boyfriend Michael Davis, 45.
In 2018 Davis pleaded guilty to charges of second degree murder.
On the day they buried Josie, those who loved her best bathed her casket in a cascade of color.
They huddled together, dozens of her closest family and friends, wearing ponchos against the heavy rain, and tossed handfuls of multi-colored sugar on the wooden box. The colors swirled atop the water-slicked casket as family and friends traced hearts and messages in the residue.
A friend played the ukulele and sang "Over the Rainbow." The crowd joined in, singing young Dorothy Gale's song about longing for a happier place, about yearning in the face of reality.
In a word, Josie's mother said, it was beautiful.
No one word could describe the 28-year-old woman they buried that day in Greensprings Natural Cemetery, near Josie's home of Ithaca. Beautiful — certainly, in spirit most of all, those who knew Josie Berrios say. She was generous, compassionate, colorful, bigger-than-life. That casket? Josie's mother Judy said they wanted it "decked out like the diva she was."
Josie, they say, exuded light — a light extinguished by her murder June 13, 2017, at the hands of her boyfriend, Michael Davis. The man and their volatile relationship had unnerved Josie's family, and the violence she suffered at his hands is horrifyingly familiar: More than half — 55%, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — of all female homicide victims in the United States are killed by an intimate partner.
Josie performed as a drag queen under the name Kimbella Rosé as part of the House of Merlot, a wine-themed drag house. Her stage name was as Kimbella Rosé.
Though Josie was a woman, not a man dressing as a woman as many other performers were, performing gave her an opportunity to step outside the typical dress code of everyday life. On stage she could be bold, putting on extra makeup and dressing up in fun costumes.
She had solid plans, detailed dreams: to legally change her name to Kendra Adams and get her driver's license, then to apply for cosmetology school and become a licensed professional.
Something always seemed to get in the way.
She had no transportation to the Rochester cosmetology school, she fell behind in the paperwork, and there were constantly more immediate needs for the money she and Judy had set aside.
"(Transgender people) need opportunities," Maurer said, "and in my mind, those opportunities are things many transgender people face barriers to: public employment, education, easy ability to obtain identity documents. It's not because of you and your identity; it's because of the conditions around you."
http://www.newnownext.com/josie-berrios-transgender-murder/06/2017/
Denisse de León
11 Jun 2017
Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/11-Jun-2017/Denisse de León
Denisse participated in protests by relatives of inmates of the Ciudad Victoria prison on 6th June and became known on social media with the hashtag #LadyPenal. Several days later a group of hitmen murdered her.
On Tuesday she did not mind getting her clothes dirty, or her hair tousled to try to prevent the passage of the transfer unit of the state police and she threw himself to the ground to get in the way of the heavy truck.
Yesterday she remained stoic in the road of Tamatán, the social networks did not forgive her and in each transmission she was acclaimed; At the scene of the events, it is not said, she is a respected woman. “Denisse for president, Denisse for president!” her followers cheer her.
It is she who calms the spirits, organizes the ranks, speaks to the media, puts her shoulder so that those who suffer, cry.
http://www.ellosynosotros.com/mexico/ejecuciones/lady-denise-aparece-ejecutada-en-ciudad-victoria/
https://expreso.press/2017/06/08/denisse-la-exigencia-al-llanto/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFPSj9k_1o8
Bruna
10 Jun 2017
Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-Jun-2017/N.N.
Bruna was found in wasteland near Alameda Praia do Flamengo in the Stella Maris neighborhood of Salvador. She had been shot 6 times in the neck, abdomen and back.
When the police arrived she was still alive, but died shortly after.
In March 2018 Joel Francisco Santos Gama, 54, was arrested for her murder.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/nao-identificada-tiros-dhpp-ba-salvador-2/
Natasha Wenceslau
Age 296 Jun 2017
Varginha, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Jun-2017/Natasha
Natasha was shot by a group of three teenagers. An 18 year old boy was arrested as a suspect, but the other two are still on the run.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/natasha-29-anos-tiros-mg-varginha/
http://www.blogdomadeira.com.br/2017/06/travesti-e-assassinado-no-barcelona/
http://www.gay1.com.br/2017/06/travesti-morre-apos-ser-baleada-no-bairro-vila-barcelona-em-varginha/
Natasha Taylon
Age 345 Jun 2017
Castanhal, Pará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/5-Jun-2017/Natasha
Natasha was shot multiple times by a man who approached her while she was working outside a snack bar in Castanhal. She died in hospital at 10pm that night.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-murdered-in_28.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/natasha-taylon-tiros-pa-castanhal/
http://www.nv1.com.br/Portal/travesti-e-assassinado-na-br-316-em-castanhal/
http://m.diarioonline.com.br/noticias/policia/noticia-421301-.html
https://www.facebook.com/jornaldecastanhal/posts/858917377595697:0
A. Alves Nascimento
Age 225 Jun 2017
Criciúma, Santa Catarina (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/5-Jun-2017/A. Alves Nascimento
A. was shot twice in the back of the neck.
http://redetransbrasil.org/homiciacutedios-e-oacutebitos.html
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Portal clica tribuna. 05/06/2017
Jessica Rubi Mori
Age 324 Jun 2017
Higüey, La Altagracia (Dominican Republic)
Dismembered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-Jun-2017/Rubi Guerrero
Jessica was a sex worker, and was last seen in the vicinity of a park. Her body was later found dismembered.
The horrifying killing of a transgender woman in the Dominican Republic – the second such killing this year and 38th since 2006 – highlights the extreme violence faced by many transgender women in the country and the need for strengthened legal protection for discriminated groups, said Amnesty International.
“The grotesque killing of Jessica Rubi Mori is a tragic reminder that the Dominican authorities need to take bolder steps to eradicate discrimination, including that based on gender identity and sexual orientation,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director for Amnesty International.
The body of Jessica Rubi Mori a transgender sex worker and activist with community organization Este Amor (This Love), was found on 3 June 2017 in the eastern Dominican municipality of Higüey. Her body was found dismembered in a wasteland. According to news reports, one suspect has been placed under arrest.
According to Cristian King, executive director of TRANSSA – Trans Siempre Amigas (Trans Always Friends), only four people have so far been convicted for the 38 cases of killings of transgender women that the organization has documented since 2006. King told Amnesty International his organization has been working closely with the Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General on recent cases.
Fernanda/Tavita Montes
Age 244 Jun 2017
Colima (Mexico)
Strangled
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-Jun-2017/Fernanda/Tavita Montes
Fernanda was strangled after a quarrel and her body found inside a car. Her boyfriend has been arrested.
http://www.proceso.com.mx/490596/detienen-a-presunto-homicida-activista-gay-en-colima
Ezequiel Batista da Silva
Age 223 Jun 2017
Poá, São Paulo (Brazil)
Stabbed
Ezequiel was stabbed multiple times. A 29 year old man has been arrested.
The body of Ezequiel Batista da Silva, known to the Alto Tietê LGBT community as the drag queen Jack Docinho, was buried on Wednesday (7) at the Peace Cemetery in Poá . The victim, stabbed to death, has been missing since last week.
According to police, Ezequiel was brutally murdered on Saturday morning (3) in a house of Vila Julia in Poá. According to the police report he was stabbed more than 50 times. The body was not identified until Tuesday (6).
A 29-year-old bricklayer has been arrested for the crime and will respond for qualified murder. He alleged to police that he had used drugs with the victim and another acquaintance. According to the suspect, the two assaulted him and he committed the crime to defend himself. Police say the suspect is being held in Mogi das Cruzes jail and is due to be transferred to the city's Provisional Detention Center (CDP) in the coming days.
Ezequiel was a drag queen. Her stage name was “Jack Docinho”. Their Facebook profiles are https://www.facebook.com/ezequiel.kekel.7 and https://www.facebook.com/jackellyne.docinho.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-drag-queen-artist-is-murdered.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/ezequiel-kekel-22-anos-facadas-sp-sao-paulo/
J. R. P. Mangalili
2 Jun 2017
Bulacan (Philippines)
Run over
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Jun-2017/J. R. P. Mangalili and tgeu/6 Feb 2017/J. R. P. Mangalili
J. was deliberately run over by a car. Her family buried her wearing a male outfit with her hair cut off.
Andrea Chaguendo Suárez
Age 5131 May 2017
Cali, Valle del Cauca (Colombia)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/31-May-2017/Andrea Chaguendo Suárez
Andrea was stabbed multiple times during a robbery at her salon. In December 2022, Édison Andrés Chávez was sentenced to 25 years in prison for her murder.
After more than five years of waiting, a Republic judge sentenced Édison Andrés Chávez Quintero to 25 years in prison for the murder of a transgender woman identified as Andrea Suárez. The homicide occurred on the first day of June 2017, in Cali, Valle del Cauca. The murderer acknowledged his guilt in the crimes of aggravated homicide, use of minors for the commission of crimes, and qualified and aggravated robbery. It was the Attorney General's Office that managed to prove the citizen's guilt.
That day, highlighted the sectional director of Cali, Sandra Eugenia González Mina, the murderer arrived with a minor at a hairdresser located in the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán neighborhood, where the victim was. There, Chávez stabbed Andrea nearly 100 times. After committing the crime, the perpetrator fled the beauty salon, taking with him hair clippers, a television, and a cell phone. The murderer was arrested by the National Police on May 5, 2018, in Bogotá.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & El Tiempo 03.06.2017
https://www.rtvcnoticias.com/mujer-transgenero-prision-homicida-cali
https://seguimiento.co/colombia/25-anos-de-carcel-fue-condenado-hombre-que-asesino-mujer-trans-61254
https://www.minuto30.com/asesino-de-mujer-trans-en-cali-punaladas/1392644/
Leo Etherington
Age 1531 May 2017
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (United Kingdom)
Suicide
Leo died by suicide. His school had refused to use his new name even though he had transitioned the year before.
Leo Etherington had come out at home and at school – but teachers at Wycombe high school, an all-girls grammar school, told the 15-year-old that he could not change his name on the register for another year.
Giving evidence at an inquest into his son’s death, Martin Etherington said: “The school told him he had to be 16 to change his name. He said he was angry with the school.
“I asked him if I should speak to them and he said no. I said we could wait until he was 16 and then change his name.”
The student had also been told by the family GP that he would not be eligible for gender reassignment surgery on the NHS. In his evidence his father said: “I told Leo I would fund any surgery when the time came.”
The family thought Leo was studying for forthcoming GCSE exams in his room on the afternoon of his death on 31 May. But his father found his body in his room after he missed calls to come down to dinner.
Mr Etherington added: “The school told him he had to be 16 to change his name. He said
The tragedy is that both the school and his GP were incorrect - there was no reason the school could not have respected his identity, and the NHS can fund testosterone therapy for trans men from age 16 onwards, and surgery from 18.
Leo's death was not included on the official TGEU TDoR 2017 list.
Laryrssa Moura
Age 2230 May 2017
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/31-May-2017/Laryrssa Moura
Laryrssa was shot in the back on the verge of the BR 116 highway in the Turmalina neighbourhood of Governador Valadares. She died at the scene.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/jheferson.moureira
http://aconteceunovale.com.br/portal/?p=116277
https://www.facebook.com/policia24hminas/posts/1932091720360978 [BROKEN LINK]
Sheila Medeiros
Age 3729 May 2017
Tres Pontas, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/29-May-2017/Sheila Medeiros
Sheila went missing on the night of Saturday 27th May. Her body was found two days later on waste ground near her home. When found she was half naked and there was a condom lying nearby.
During her last conversation, Sheila told a friend that there was someone who wanted to have sex with her, but she did not want to do it. Her friend believed that this person was in the vicinity of where the body was found.
Sadly and crying a lot, she commented that Sheila always went to Nossa Senhora D’Ajuda Church with her to pray, and that she was a very dear person for all who only did good.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-is-found-dead.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/05/29/sheila-medeiros-37-anos-a-esclarecer-mg-tres-pontas/
http://www.equipepositiva.com/corpo-de-teddegrey-e-encontrado-em-terreno-baldio/
Name Unknown
Age 3828 May 2017
Guerrero (Mexico)
Stoned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/28-May-2017/N.N.
The victim was killed by stoning to her head.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans
Name Unknown
Age 1828 May 2017
Ciudad Kennedy, Bogotá (Colombia)
Shot
The victim was shot while leaving a premises on Primero de Mayo Avenue in the town of Kennedy on Sunday 28th May.
http://lacarinosa.rcnradio.com/noticias/joven-transgenero-murio-baleado-la-primera-mayo-68-bogota/
Caricia
Age 3226 May 2017
Guerrero (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-May-2017/Caricia
Caricia was shot by two people in a bar.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans, 27.05.2017
Joyce Jane Padilha
26 May 2017
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Dismembered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-May-2017/Joyce Jane Padilha
Joyce had been missing for one day before her mutilated body was found in one of the most violent slums in Rio. She was one of the first trans women to be part of the Afroreggae Cultural Group’s Rainbow Beyond Project.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-found-dead-with.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/joyce-jane-padilha-mutilamento-rj-rio-de-janeiro/
https://www.facebook.com/ivanjunior.peron/posts/1422139981187391
Alejandra Diaz
Age 3425 May 2017
Baruta, Miranda (Venezuela)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-May-2017/Alejandra Diaz
Alejandra was shot by a member of the military after refusing to participate in extortion.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & 2001, 31.05.2017
Grace Kelly
25 May 2017
Lauro de Freitas, Bahia (Brazil)
Suffocated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-May-2017/Grace Kelly
Grace was found in her apartment by a neighbour. Doctors said she had been suffocated.
http://www.itingatv.com.br/index.php/2017/05/26/morte-de-homossexual-em-itinga-pode-ter-sido-homicidio/ [BROKEN LINK]
https://www.burburinhonews.com/homossexual-e-encontrado-morto-em-itinga/
Lalá da Rosa
Age 2225 May 2017
Feira de Santana, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-May-2017/Lalá
Lalá was shot in the head and chest on Canal Avenue in the New Street neighbourhood of Feira de Santana by two men on a motorcycle.
The [trans woman] [deadname] da Rosa, better known as Lalá, 22, was murdered with several shots on Avenida do Canal, in the Rua Nova neighborhood. According to police, two men aboard a motorcycle committed the crime. The victim was taken to Clériston Andrade General Hospital (HGCA), but did not survive her injuries.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/lala-22-anos-tiros-ba-feira-de-santana/
http://www.tribunafeirense.com.br/noticias/24626/travesti-e-assassinada-na-avenida-de-canal
http://www.jequieurgente.com/travesti-e-morto-cruelmente-em-via-publica-de-feira-de-santana/
Pâmela
21 May 2017
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-May-2017/Pâmela
Pâmela was stabbed in the abdomen at the Hotel Rubi in downtown Belo Horizonte, by someone she had spent the night with. In the morning the two had argued, and after leaving the other person had returned later and stabbed her.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brazil & Whats up groups 21/05/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/pamela-facadas-mg-belo-horizonte/
Jennifer López (“Campanita”)
Age 2020 May 2017
Ometepec, Guerrero (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-May-2017/Jennifer López
Jennifer was murdered during the night of the 20th of May on her own home in Ometepec, Guerrero state, Mexico. She was stabbed in the neck with a sharp object and would have died almost immediately.
Jennifer was known among her friends as Campanita and was a local transgender activist who was actively involved on the defence of the human rights of LGBTTTI people.
“Campanita was a peaceful soul who worked as a hair stylist and beauty therapist. We urge the authorities to clarify and solve this case. The death of Jennifer cannot be given impunity; stop homophobic and transphobic killings” declared Victoria Galarza, head of Centro de Capacitación.
http://telefonorojo.mx/asesinan-a-activista-gay-en-ometepec-guerrero/
https://hrdmemorial.org/ar/hrdrecord/jennifer-lopez/
http://openasia.org/en/?p=8804
https://ulisex.com/asesinan-a-campanita-integrante-de-la-comunidad-lgbt-en-guerrero/
Name Unknown
20 May 2017
Ilopango, San Salvador (El Salvador)
Shot/stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-May-2017/N.N.
Two people entered her room and shot (or stabbed?) her.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Hijos de la Patria 20.05.2017
Imer Eliu Alvarado
Age 3417 May 2017
Fresno, Ohio (USA)
Shot
Imer was shot and killed in an alley while dressed in female clothing. Some friends identified Imer as gay, and others as trans.
On 2nd July 2018 Derrick Jordan Garcia, 25, turned himself in to authorities and was arrested for the crime.
http://www.towleroad.com/2017/05/imer-eliu-alvarado/
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article151084507.html
Sherrell Faulkner
Age 4616 May 2017
Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-May-2017/Sherrell Faulkner
Sherrell died at Carolinas Medical Center as a result of an attack on 30th November 2016 when she was beaten and left beside a trash bin.
In Memory of Sherrell Faulkner
This is a memorial for Sherrell Faulkner, a 46-year old woman from Charlotte, North Carolina, who deserves to be remembered as fully human, and not merely as a headline. It goes almost without saying that Ms. Faulkner’s death is one in a tragic continuum of black trans women who are victimized, brutalized, and murdered just for their very existence. It needs to be said, however, that Sherrell Faulkner’s life is worth specific recognition and celebration. In every way that her death is systematic, it is also deeply individual, and should be treated as such.
When we only see Sherrell Faulkner as one name in a much-too-long list of transgender victims, we dehumanize her in a means that is ideologically similar to her aggressor(s). For this reason, we won’t to re-iterate the specifics of her death, since too many pieces focus only on them (we have linked some of these throughout.) Instead, we want to take a moment to talk about the Southern context of her death, and most importantly, the specifics of her life, which deserves its own context and recognition. Her death is both part of a national epidemic and a Charlotte-specific tragedy; it is simultaneously a community-wide trial and an individual tribulation for her loved ones.
http://www.2blackgrits.com/blog-1/2017/6/2/in-memory-of-sherrell-faulkner
https://mic.com/articles/177692/sherrell-faulkner-trans-woman-dies-after-november-assault
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/05/21/trans-woman-dies-from-injuries-after-attack-in-november/
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article152246077.html
Name Unknown
Age 2515 May 2017
Morro Agudo, São Paulo (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-May-2017/N.N.
The victim was found dead with head injuries on a plot in the Jardim Europa neighbourhood.
Chaiane
Age 2713 May 2017
Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-May-2017/Chaiane
Chaiane was found dead in front of the house of one of her alleged killers on Saturday 13th May in the city of Cachoeira do Sul. She had been stabbed with a machete in the mouth, neck and wrist. Three teenagers have been arrested.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-stabbed-to.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/05/13/chaiane-27-anos-facadas-rs-cachoeira-do-sul/
http://novotempo.com/ntsul/travesti-morta-a-facadas-em-cachoeira-do-sul/
Ketlin de Miranda
Age 3113 May 2017
Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-May-2017/Ketlin
Ketlin was on the street near the city’s Bus Terminal when she was approached by a man who stabbed her several times. She died at the scene.
Police learned from relatives that Ketlin had reported several cases of prejudice.
https://goqueer.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-killed-in_27.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/05/13/ketlin-31-anos-facadas-5o-dp-ce-juazeiro-do-norte/
http://www.portaloros.com.br/2017/05/travesti-e-morta-facadas-em-juazeiro-do.html
http://princesanews.com.br/2017/05/13/homossexual-foi-morto-facadas-em-juazeiro-norte/ [BROKEN LINK]
Name Unknown
Age 2513 May 2017
Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-May-2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found early in the morning of 13th May near a railway line. She had been stabbed in the back of the neck.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/05/13/sem-identificacao-facadas-dhhp-ce-fortaleza/
http://cearanews7.com/mais-um-travesti-e-assassinado-misteriosamente-nas-ruas-de-fortaleza/
https://tvpirambunews.blogspot.com/2017/05/travesti-e-morto-facadas-na-madrugada_13.html
Ivanna Landuchy
12 May 2017
Tamaulipas (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-May-2017/Ivanna Landuchy
Ivanna was last seen publicly on 8th May. Her body was found shot 4 days later.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans, 12.05.2017
Fernanda Gomes
Age 2410 May 2017
Ponta Grossa, Paraná (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-May-2017/Fernanda
Fernanda was shot in the chest at dawn on Wednesday 10th May in the Dallabona neighborhood of Ponta Grossa, in the region of Campos Gerais. Her body was found in the afternoon next to a railway line.
A friend of the victim told police that Fernanda had been living on the street for about five months.
http://www.rspolicia.com.br/2017/05/travesti-e-morto-tiros-ao-lado-da-linha.html
Jennifer C. Holanda Pinheiro
Age 298 May 2017
Itaitinga, Ceará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/9-May-2017/Jennifer
Jennifer was a hairdresser. On 8th May she was visiting an employment centre to leave a copy of her resume.
According to witnesses, while she was there two men entered the building wearing motorcycle helmets. They went to the reception room where she was filling out a form and shot her several times in the head. The killer and his accomplice escaped on a motorbike.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/caua.holanda.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-murdered-at.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1532549606818335/
http://cearanews7.com/travesti-e-assassinado-com-tiros-queima-roupa-na-sede-sine-idt-de-itaitinga/
R. C. Silva Pereira
Age 227 May 2017
Barretos, São Paulo (Brazil)
Run over
TDoR list ref: tgeu/7-May-2017/R. C. Silva Pereira
R. was crossing the Brigadeiro Faria Lima highway when a truck and a car both hit her. The driver of the car ran away.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/05/07/r-c-silva-pereira-22-anos-atropelada-sp-barretos/
http://www.jornaldocidadao.com/noticias/policia/227301
C. A. Lima da Silva
Age 246 May 2017
Mamanguape, Paraíba (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-May-2017/C. A. Lima da Silva
C. was drinking with friends at a bar when she was approached by an anonymous man who told everybody to move away from her and shot her.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-executed-at.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/c-a-lima-da-silva-24-anos-tiros-7a-dp-pb-mamanguape/
http://www.santacruzrnonline.com/2017/05/homossexual-e-assassinado-tiros-dentro.html
Mendez Cuevas
Age 215 May 2017
Durango (Mexico)
Not reported
TDoR list ref: tgeu/May-2017/N.N.
Mendez was found on 5th May in a clandestine grave near a house. Her date of death is unknown, but she had been missing since 9th September.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans, 05.05.2017
Name Unknown
Age 325 May 2017
Flat Sri Plateau, Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/5-May-2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found in the bedroom lying face down with both wrists bound with cable from a hair dryers and mobile phone charger. Her murder was reported as that of a male in the press, but her community indicates that she was a trans woman.
http://sarawakvoice.com/2017/05/09/mayat-lelaki-dari-sarawak-ditemui-di-flat-kuala-lumpur/
Thadeu Nascimento
Age 245 May 2017
Fazenda Grande do Retiro, Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)
Beaten and shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/7-May-2017/Thadeu Nascimento
Thadeu's body was found in the São Cristóvão neighbourhood on 6th May after he had gone missing two day before. According to family members his house had been burgled.
His body displayed signs of beating and he had been shot in the head.
Dona Ronsangela Silva, who lives in Salvador, carries with her constant pain, a wound that has been open since May 2017. It was in that month that she had to go to the funeral of someone she saw not only as a family member, but also as a partner in her life. all hours: her son, Thadeu Nascimento.
The saleman was taken from the apartment where he lived on Fazenda Grande II, and brutally shot dead. Authorities located the victim's body on the 5th, in São Cristóvão. Her mother's pain becomes even greater when she realizes the neglect with which the crime was treated.
“Thadeu was a dreamer, fighter, worker and activist in the LGBT movement. Our relationship was the best it could be. We respected each other and I helped him to face prejudices”, Rosangela recalls, frustrated because so many dreams were interrupted. The boy wanted to complete a degree in Physical Education and planned to correct the name on his documents, since he was a transgender man. However, he ended up impeded by the violence that was already taking place in Salvador at that time.
He was killed by drug traffickers after criminals in the neighborhood where he lived suspected that the victim was informing to the police. The mistrust of criminals increased because Thadeu used to talk on the phone on the porch of his house.
The mother says most of the calls were for her, as the two were confidants and talked for hours. The calls took place outside because inside the apartment there was no signal.
“My laughing and crying companion left so soon, simply because they believed in something he didn't do”, Rosangela affirms with certainty what she says.
Before being murdered, the young man commented to the family that he was noticing strange movements in the building, in addition to thinking that someone was going through the door of his house. He is also said to have been bullied by a group of men.
Thadeu's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/tha.nascimento.902.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1526223077450988/
https://twitter.com/AntraBrasil/status/1390705800935510016
Gina Huerta Vallejo (“Chantal”)
Age 334 May 2017
Apatzingán, Michoacán (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-May-2017/N.N.
Gina was stabbed by a man after he had argued with her.
https://ulisex.com/mujer-trans-y-victima-adios-a-gina-huerta-vallejo-2017/
http://www.nsintesis.com/principal/asesinan-a-travesti-en-apatzingan/
Kenneth Bostick
Age 594 May 2017
New York City (USA)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-May-2017/Kenneth Bostick
Kenneth lived in a homeless shelter and was beaten on the head with a metal pipe. He spent more than a week in Bellevue Hospital before he died on 4th May.
Bostick also used to talk about finding permanent housing, and he had plans for that, too. “He wanted a big apartment,” the social worker said, and when he got it someday, his plan was to have a dinner party. He’d invite a bunch of friends and serve them a big catered spread. “But then he’d make people believe that he cooked the food himself. He laughed when he said that. He knew it was a little rascally.”
Initial news reports about his murder misgendered Kenneth and referred to him by his deadname.
We Got It Wrong
UPDATE: Initial reports incorrectly identified Kenneth Bostick as a transgender woman. We have updated this story to indicate he was a trans man.
When a crime happens—especially a violent crime—details can be sparse, and the media can rush to get the story out before getting it right.
Last week we reported on the death of Kenneth Bostick, believed to be the tenth trans person murdered in the U.S. so far this year. Working on early news reports, we misgendered Kenneth as a trans woman. In subsequent days, friends have stepped forward to give a more accurate representation of his identity.
While our mistake was made without malice, it was a mistake nonetheless. Too many times crimes against transgender people are misreported and their identities are erased. Sometimes that’s out of ignorance, but too often it’s because family members don’t want to be “embarrassed” or authorities don’t want to acknowledge the epidemic of anti-trans violence. One in four trans people has faced a bias-driven assault in this country, and 2016 saw more murders of trans people than any other.
But it’s also about shaping a narrative: We, like most outlets, reported that Bostick’s death was the tenth murder of a trans woman of color in 2017. While it’s important to acknowledge that, it also drives a narrative about who is at risk and who needs help. Shelters and other social services are often divided by gender—a trans man housed with cisgender men faces serious threats to their safety and well-being. And that shouldn’t be ignored, either.
And lastly, it’s about human beings: It’s easy to boil a person down to the particulars of their death, to paint them as just another victim. Especially if they’re not on Facebook or don’t have dozens of selfies on Instagram.
https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-mourns-kenneth-bostick-trans-man-attacked-in-new-york
http://www.newnownext.com/brenda-bostick-trans-woman-murder/05/2017/
Mafe Rojas Camilo Mendez
3 May 2017
El Espinal, Tolima (Colombia)
Tortured and shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-May-2017/Mafe Rojas Camilo Mendez
Mafe was beaten with blunt objects and tortured until she was almost dying, before eventually being shot twice. Her body was found surrounded by bloodied rocks and pieces of wood.
Dead transsexual found in rural area of El Espinal
The case occurred a few minutes ago in Sucre village, part of the ‘Salto del Burro’ located in a rural area of the city of Tambora, where the lifeless body of this person belonging to the LGBTI community was found. According to initial indications it was a homicide. However, at this time investigations continue to determine the causes of death of this person who was identified as [deadname] Méndez and called herself Mafe Rojas.
Layza Mello
Age 2830 Apr 2017
Vila Velha, Espírito Santo (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Apr-2017/Layza Mello
Layza was shot in the hand, head and chest by an unknown attacker. The man who fired the shots fled after the crime and has not yet been identified, although police have released CCTV footage of the suspect.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/layza.mello.1650.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-layza-mello-28.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/layza-mello-28-anos-tiros-13a-sdp-es-vila-velha/
http://www.24brasil.com/pais/familia-de-travesti-morta-em-vila-velha-quer-justica-pelo-crime/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1517291351677494/
Name Unknown
30 Apr 2017
Belém, Pará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Apr-2017/N.N.
The victim was shot.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/nao-identificada-tiros-pa-belem-2/
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & Rede Paraense de Pessoas Trans/ Duda Lacerda 30/04/2017
Shama
Age 2730 Apr 2017
Tej Mohan Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab (India)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Apr-2017/Sharma
Shama was killed by her estranged husband. They had married in 2006 but he left her when he learned that she was transgender. Several years later he returned to the city where she was living and stabbed her. Her killer’s mother may have been an accomplice.
“A few days before the incident, he came to the city with his mother and called Shama on April 30 to his rented accommodation in Tej Mohan Nagar. Unaware of his intention, Shama came to his place. He then attacked her with a knife and killed her” the police official added. The police had recovered the knife from the spot. After committing the crime, Narinder and his mother again left for Delhi. The police had recovered the body of Shama on the same day on the information of neighbours.
Both her husband Narinder Chauhan (31) and his mother Sudesh Kumari have been arrested.
Samaielly da Silva Nascimento
Age 1630 Apr 2017
Lauro de Freitas, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Apr-2017/Samaielly
Samaielly was murdered on 30th April at around 11 pm in the district of Itinga in the municipality of Lauro de Freitas.
Friends of Samaielly said that she lived in an extreme state of social vulnerability as she had been kicked out of the house by her family when she transitioned at the age of thirteen. She had no job and lived alone in a small room.
“She was desperate, looking for a job. She was alone, there was no one. Her father lives on the island, the family was estranged from her because of her gender identity.” said a friend who prefered not to identify themself.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-16-year-old-transgender-girl_26.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/samaielly-tiros-27a-dp-ba-lauro-de-freitas/
http://itambeagora.com/2017/05/transexual-de-16-anos-e-assassinada-com-seis-tiros-na-bahia.html
http://www.jornalfolhapopular.net.br/transexual-de-16-anos-e-assassinada-com-6-tiros-em-itinga/
Name Unknown
29 Apr 2017
Barcarena, Pará (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/29-Apr-2017/N.N.
The victim was drinking in the company of another person when they had an argument. He stabbed her twice, and later confessed to the crime.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & Duda Lacerda/ Rede Paraense de Pessoas Trans via WhatsApp. 28/04/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/nao-identificada-tiros-pa-belem/
https://homofobiamata.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/duda-lacerda.pdf
Mona de Oliveira
Age 2829 Apr 2017
Vitoria de Santo Antao, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/29-Apr-2017/Uilca
The victim was shot by a 38-caliber pistol. Her name is unknown.
Note that the TGEU list gives her name as “Uilca”, but in the original news reports that name was used only in reference to the murder of Wilka in the same city a month earlier.
A [trans woman] was killed at dawn on Saturday (29) in Vitória de Santo Antão. [Deadname] de Oliveira, 28, known as "Mona" was shot by gunfire from a 38 caliber revolver. The crime took place in the White Waters neighborhood and the case was referred to the city police station. According to the 21st Military Police Battalion the victim's brother has already testified as part of the investigation.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/nao-identificada-tiros-pe-vitoria-de-santo-antao/
Sophia Castro
Age 2129 Apr 2017
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Beaten and strangled
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-May-2017/Sophia Castro
Sophia was beaten with a hammer and strangled. When arrested her attacker claimed that he killed her in self-defence.
HJC, 42, was arrested on the spot and taken to the Prison System Relocation Center (Ceresp) in Contagem. According to the police, a friend of the suspect reported the murder to the Military Police. H. called him for help because he had killed someone and was thinking about killing himself.
In a statement, he said he ran a show with Sophia on Saturday (29) and after using cocaine they ended up falling out. He claimed that she had attempted to assault him and that he retaliated, using a hammer and squeezing the victim’s neck until she fainted.
The vice president of the Center for Fight for Free Sexual Orientation (Cellos-MG) and member of the Trans Network, Anyky Lima said she met Sophia when she was 19 and went to live in her house for a year. According to Anyky, Sophia had a dream of having her own home, was quiet, kept in touch with her mother, and because of the lack of opportunity in the job market, she was involved in prostitution. She points out that the police should be involved in investigations not only of Sophia’s death, but of several cases of transphobic murders, such as that of Mirella de Carlo on 19th February at Carlos Prates in BH. Anyky claims that there is always an attempt to blame the victim who was murdered and to justify the crimes of transphobia.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-21-year-old-sophia-castro-killed.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/sophia-castro-21-anos-marteladas-mg-belo-horizonte/
https://freelance24horas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/desaparecida-ha-5-dias-travesti-sophia.html
Vanessa Valenzuela
28 Apr 2017
Viña del Mar, Valparaiso (Chile)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/28-Apr-2017/Vanessa Valenzuela
Vanessa was attacked with hammers, sticks and beaten up by 5 people who yelled “kill the fag”.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & El Ciudadano 04.05.2017
Eloá Silva
Age 1727 Apr 2017
João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Apr-2017/Eloá Silva
Eloá was shot by two men who entered her home.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-teen-killed-at-home.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/eloa-silva-17-anos-tiros-pb-joao-pessoa/
http://www.diariodecacimbadedentro.com.br/2017/04/travesti-de-17-anos-e-morta-tiros-em.html
Mia Montealegre
27 Apr 2017
Makati, Cavite (Philippines)
Not reported
Mia's body was found inside her apartment on 1st May 2017 four days after her death. Her purse and cellphone were missing. The last time she was seen was with two men.
Mia was a call center employee and a dancer at Club Mwaah. Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/mia.montealegre.1.
Her death was not included on the official TDoR 2017 list released by Transgender Europe (TGEU) in November 2017.
A. Ribeiro Marcossone
Age 2723 Apr 2017
Curitiba, Paraná (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Apr-2017/A. Ribeiro Marcossone
A. was approached by two men and shot more than 25 times in the head and chest.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/23/a-r-marcossone-27-anos-25-tiros-dhpp-pr-curitiba/
http://www.tribunapr.com.br/painel-do-crime/travesti-e-morta-com-cerca-de-20-tiros-na-cic/
http://www.bandab.com.br/seguranca/travesti-e-brutalmente-assassinada-com-mais-de-25-tiros-na-cic/
Tato Ayestas
Age 2423 Apr 2017
El Paraíso, Copán (Honduras)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Apr-2017/Tato Eduardo Ayestas
Tato was stabbed repeatedly.
The body of a [trans woman] was found this Sunday morning by residents of the El Rosario neighborhood, department of El Paraíso, Honduras.
The victim responded to the name of [deadname] Ayestas, known locally as "Tato".
The body of Ayestas had several wounds of a knife, dagger type, which caused death.
The [trans woman] was a resident of the El Carmen neighborhood, a nearby town where her body was found.
Villagers revealed that Ayestas was last seen at 7:00 on Saturday night.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Tiempo, 24.04.2017
https://www.latribuna.hn/2017/04/23/matan-travesti-parais
https://tiempo.hn/asesinan-transexual-en-el-paraiso/
http://www.laprensa.hn/sucesos/1065010-410/asesinan-a-un-travesti-en-la-zona-occidente-de-honduras
Marooni
Age 5122 Apr 2017
Belém, Pará (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Apr-2017/Marooni
Marooni was a hairdresser. She was stabbed 18 times at dawn on 22nd April. Neighbours told police that they heard several shouts from the victim, but had not seen anything.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/jaime-soeiro-matos-cabeleireiro-51-anos-pa-belem/
Chayviss Reed ("Chay")
Age 2821 Apr 2017
Miami, Florida (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Apr-2017/Chayviss Reed
Chay was shot in the stomach while running across the street. Her attacker fled.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article146187339.html
Trans woman fatally shot in West Little River was 'like a mom' to her friends
According to her Facebook page, Reed grew up in Carol City, graduated from American Senior High School and moved to Opa-locka after she finished at the job corps. Her friends say she was sweet, full of life and hilarious.
Nina Serafina, who also met Reed at the Homestead Jobs Corps, said Reed was the life of any party and “loved to dance her heart out.”
“She was like a mom,” she said. “Tell you when you wrong even if you don’t want to hear it.”
Her friend’s death left her crying “like a baby,” she said.
“The whole city loved her,” she said.
https://mic.com/articles/174967/transgender-woman-chay-reed-shot-and-killed-in-miami
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2017/4/28/miami-trans-woman-murdered-ninth-homicide-year
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/04/24/ninth-black-trans-woman-killed-in-the-us-this-year/
https://avp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/a-crisis-of-hate-january-release-12218.pdf
https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/A_Time_To_Act_2017_REV3.pdf
Samily Guimarães
Age 2420 Apr 2017
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Apr-2017/Samilly Guimaraes
Samily was shot in the head and breast on Avenida Atlântica on the banks of the Botas River at 11:30pm. Witnesses reported that the shots came from a passing car.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-samily.html
https://faizakhalida.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/transexual-samily-guimaraes-de-24-anos.html
https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/policia-investiga-morte-de-mulher-transexual-em-belford-roxo-1-21243311
Monse Morga Javier
Age 4517 Apr 2017
Guerrero (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/17-Apr-2017/Monse Morga Javier
Monse and another person went to a funeral. Their bodies were later found with shots to the head.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Notimundo 20.03.2017
Pinha Priscila
17 Apr 2017
Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
Beaten
Pinha died from her injuries after being beaten the previous day.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-second-case-of-bashing-of.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/24/pinha-priscila-espancada-ce-fortaleza/
E. A. Moreira
16 Apr 2017
Itabuna, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-Apr-2017/N.N.
Witnesses reported that the victim was doing sex work near a gas station when she was approached and shot by her killer. She died at the scene.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/nao-identificada-tiros-ba-itabuna/
http://www.sapeacunamidia.com.br/2017/04/travesti-e-morta-tiros-as-margens-de.html
https://jornalsportnews.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/homicidio-no-sao-lourenco-homossexual.html
Yadira Lopez Marroquin
Age 1716 Apr 2017
Monterrey, Nuevo León (Mexico)
Asphixiated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-Apr-2017/Yadira Lopez Marroquin
Yadira entered the Hotel Venecia with a man who left the hotel 20 minutes later leaving her body behind. She had been asphixiated.
Yadira López Marroquín was a 17-year-old transgender woman from Villa Juarez, Nuevo Leon, and like many transgender women, she worked in sex work in the center of Monterrey, due to the difficulties she faced in getting a job in the locality.
On Sunday night she was seen entering a hotel in the downtown area with a man who, twenty minutes after entering, ran out of the hotel. Some time later Yadira was found dead in the room.
Three days later on Wednesday, 19th April, people from the trans population with banners reading "Ni una menos" and "Vivas lo quieresmos" demonstrated at the State Attorney's Office to demand justice for Yadira's transfeminicide.
https://ulisex.com/estrangulan-chica-trans-menor-edad-hotel-del-centro-mty/
http://www.multimedios.com/telediario/en-alerta/buscan-pareja-transexual-asesinado.html
https://www.laizquierdadiario.mx/Poblacion-trans-se-manifiesta-en-Monterrey-por-transfeminicidio
Hérica Izidório
Age 2412 Apr 2017
Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Apr-2017/Hérica Izidório
Hérica died in hospital two months after being beaten and thrown from a viaduct.
Investigations into at least two crimes have advanced in recent months. The [trans woman] Hérica Isidoro was beaten almost on the same day as Dandara dos Santos, February 11, 2017, in the Otávio Bonfim neighborhood. After being rescued and taken to the hospital, she fought for her life until April 12 of this year but couldn't resist her injuries. The attack against Hérica began to be investigated by the 3rd DP (Otávio Bonfim), who was unable to solve the case. After her death, the investigation of the crime was transferred to the Homicide and Personal Protection Division (DHPP).
In two months, the [DHPP] was able to clarify that Hérica was raped and thrown from a catwalk on Avenida José Bastos by just one man. The completed inquiry was sent to the 1st Jury of Fortaleza, to be analyzed by the Public Ministry of Ceará (MPCE). The participation of accomplices is also considered in the investigation.
Despite the identification, the main suspect has not yet been found by the Police. The man – who cannot be named due to the secrecy of the case – allegedly disagreed with the victim about the price she charged for a program.
Hérica's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/hericabarretoce.
https://www.okariri.com/policia/violencia-16-travestis-ou-transexuais-foram-mortos-no-ceara-em-2017/
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/herica-izidorio-espancamento-22-anos-ce-fortaleza/
http://www.portalonix.com.br/faleceu-herica-izidorio-vitima-de-espancamento-na-avenida-jose-bastos/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1491557594250870/
Name Unknown
12 Apr 2017
Curitiba, Paraná (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Apr-2017/N.N.
The victim was beaten to death. The body was collected by the Medical-Legal Institute (IML) for official identification, and the crime is being investigated by the Civil Police.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & Tribuna 12/04/2017
Gabi Araújo da Silva
Age 2912 Apr 2017
Feira de Santana, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Apr-2017/Gaby
Gabi was shot in the face and shoulder at around 9:20pm on 12th April in Honorato Bonfim Street in the Brasília neighborhood. Her colleagues suspect that she was murdered by a client.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/gabi-29-anos-tiros-ba-feira-de-santana/
http://www.fortenoreconcavo.com.br/2017/04/travesti-e-morto-cruelmente-tiros-em.html
http://www.suburbioonline.com/travesti-e-morta-com-varios-tiros/
Jheayn
10 Apr 2017
Metro Manilla, Cavite (Philippines)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-Apr-2017/Jheayn
Jheayn was beaten to death. Facebook post comments suggested she was a member of a group or gang with enemies.
Source: TGEU (November 2017)
Camila
Age 4510 Apr 2017
São José dos Campos, São Paulo (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-Apr-2017/Camila
Camila was beaten to death in a hotel room by a man she went out on a date with. Her murderer was arrested and has confessed to the crime and been jailed.
Camila’s death left her 5 and 10 year old children orphaned.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-camila-bashed-to-death-in-hotel.html
Vitoria Castro
Age 3610 Apr 2017
Araguaina, Tocantins (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-Apr-2017/Vitoria Castro
Vitoria died of edema and cerebral hemorrhage four days after being beaten around the head.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & O Coletivo 10/04/2017
Kenne McFadden
Age 269 Apr 2017
San Antonio, Texas (USA)
Drowned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/9-Apr-2017/Kenne McFadden
Kenne’s body was found floating in the San Antonio river, and the medical examiner has ruled her death was a homicide by drowning.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/kenne.mcfadden.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/manslaughter-charge-in-death-of-texas-trans-woman-10
Sitara
9 Apr 2017
Sialkot, Punjab (Pakistan)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/9-Apr-2017/Sitara
Sitara was shot dead in Sialkot in the ogu Darbar Area. The identity of those responsible is unknown.
TvT partner organisation Wajood & Trans Action Pakistan, 09.04.2017
Bianka Gonçalves
Age 227 Apr 2017
Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/7-Apr-2017/Bianka Gonçalves
Bianka was shot at least twice in the head and robbed at dawn in a sex-work area alongside the MT-130 highway.
According to police, the area is dangerous and many women who work there do not carry their bags.
Friends and family are outraged by the death of Bianka Gonçalves, victim of a homicide in the early hours of this Friday, according to information she was near the Municipal Fair when she was shot, the shooter was on a motorcycle and escaped soon after carrying out the shots.
At first, the police believed that it could be a robbery followed by death as the victim's belongings were taken.
On social media, friends commented on Bianka's death and are dissatisfied with what happened. For them the young woman may have been another victim of prejudice, since Bianka was a [trans woman] and according to her colleagues she was a happy person and lost her life brutally.
An investigation of the case has already been initiated by the civil police.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/bianka.soares.397.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-murdered-on.html [BROKEN LINK]
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/bianka-goncalves-de-22-anos-tiros-mt-primavera-do-leste/ [BROKEN LINK]
R. Félix da Silva
Age 264 Apr 2017
Guarariba, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-Apr-2017/R. Félix da Silva
R. was shot in the head while sitting in a rocking chair outside her home in the Guarariba neighborhood. Only her deadname is known.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/07/brazil-transgender-woman-murdered-in.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/ricardo-felix-da-silva-26-anos-tiros-pb-guarabira/
http://www.portal25horas.com.br/homossexual-e-assassinado-com-tiro-na-cabeca-em-bairro-de-guarabira/
http://www.fatoafato.com.br/viewnoticias.php?cod=16497 [BROKEN LINK]
Sherlyn Montoya
Age 294 Apr 2017
Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central (Honduras)
Tortured
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-Apr-2017/Sherlyn Montoya
Sherlyn went missing in the night of 2nd April. Her body was found in a bag with signs of torture.
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/04/10/trans-activist-murdered-honduras/
Sayra Hills
3 Apr 2017
São Paulo (Brazil)
Cosmetic filler poisoning
Sayra was a hairdresser and died from medical complications after a cosmetic filler injection.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/sayra.hills.
https:///homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/sayra-hills-silicone-industrial-sp-sao-paulo/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1478786355527994/
Name Unknown
3 Apr 2017
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Apr-2017/N.N.
The victim was killed at around 10am, but the cause of death was not reported. Residents say that she had only lived in the area for a short time.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/nao-identificada-rj-rio-de-janeiro/
https://www.facebook.com/bairrodecg/posts/1871415283073209
Name Unknown
2 Apr 2017
Acara, Pará (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Apr-2017/N.N.
The victim was at a party and afterwards had an argument, allegedly with a woman or a couple. She was beaten to death.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Grupo whatsapp Rede Trans Brasil/Shaylla Vilhena 02/04/2017
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/nao-identificada-pauladas-pa-acara/
Name Unknown
Age 3328 Mar 2017
Juiz de For a, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Shot
The victim was shot dead in Juiz de Fora on the night of Tuesday 28th March.
She had four gunshot wounds to the body, two in the thoracic region and two in the left arm.
http://www.gay1.com.br/2017/03/travesti-e-morta-no-bairro-vila-esperanca-ii-em-juiz-de-fora/
Wilka
Age 4026 Mar 2017
Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-Mar-2017/Uilca
Wilka was on her way back from a friend’s house to her home in Loteamento Luiz Gonzaga when she was attacked and stabbed in the abdomen, neck and back. A friend reported that she was murdered after a robber realised that she was transgender.
“Wherever you are, good rest” “Now you are free from the murderers of the earth.”
Note that the TGEU list gives her name as “Uilca”, but her friends called her Wilka so that is the name given here.
Please also not that the photos shown in the some of the links below are extremely distressing. Please do not click on them unless you are sure you can handle what you will see.
http://gaynewseurope.com/en/2017/03/30/one-more-trans-woman-killed/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/04/brazil-transgender-woman-is-brutally.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/wilka-40-anos-facadas-vitoria-de-sto-antao-pe/
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-woman-wilka-stabbed-neck/
https://www.facebook.com/HeymillyMaynard/posts/1150804081711670
Name Unknown
24 Mar 2017
Porto Da Areia, Paraíba (Brazil)
Murdered
The victim was found dead with head wounds on a beach. Her identity and cause of death were not reported.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/nao-identificada-paraiba/
https://www.facebook.com/sergio.brito.50309/posts/1016299595137869
Paulina Ferreira
23 Mar 2017
Recife, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Mar-2017/Paulina
Paulina was shot 5 times in the chest, breast and face by two men on a motorcycle. She tried to run away only to fall dead just a few meters away.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009225298372.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/04/brazil-transgender-woman-executed-in.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/paulina-22-anos-tiros-pe-recife/
http://www.tvtribunape.com.br/video/8812
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1465506530189310/
Alphonza Watson
Age 3822 Mar 2017
Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Mar-2017/Alphonza Watson
Alphonza was shot in the stomach after an argument with two men at about 4:15 am. She was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
According to witnesses, someone was heard shouting for help and two men were seen running away and getting into a car.
https://mic.com/articles/171840/alphonza-watson-38-year-old-transgender-woman-killed-in-baltimore
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/22/eighth-trans-woman-shot-and-killed-in-the-us-this-year/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-guilford-homicide-20170322-story.html
Paola Bracho
Age 4022 Mar 2017
Dourados, Mato Grosso Do Sul (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Mar-2017/Paola
Paola was beaten and stabbed at least 17 times by a group of sex workers, apparently following a dispute over work. The perpetrators fled in a vehicle.
A [trans woman] who used the name Paola, registered as [deadname], 40, was beaten and stabbed at least 17 times at around 1:30 am today, in Dourados. The crime involved eight other [trans women] and the motive was a dispute over prostitution.
According to the police report, witnesses were in the company of the victim, at the intersection between Avenida Joaquim Teixeira Alves and Rua João Cândido Câmara, in Dourados at a time when the [trans women] identified as Rahine and Kimberly arrived saying that they wanted to talk to Paola.
Accompanied by six other[trans women], and as soon as the victim turned away from the witnesses for the supposed conversation, each armed with knives and even iron bars, they started to attack her. Paola was killed with at least 17 stab wounds, 14 of them in the back and three in the neck, police said. In addition, the victim had head trauma.
According to statements made to the police, at the time when Paola was attacked, the witnesses ran and hid. From a distance they observed that the group had fled in a car and then they then called for first responders. Despite their efforts Paola died at the crime scene.
Five of the six tried for her murder were convicted in February 2018.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/paola-bracho-prof-sexo-40-anos-facadas-ms-dourados/
https://bocadopovonews.com.br/travesti-e-morto-por-grupo-de-oito-pessoas-em-dourados/
http://www.redenewsms.com/2017/03/em-briga-por-ponto-de-prostituicao.html
H. Ramirez Calderon
Age 4019 Mar 2017
Guanajuato (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Mar-2017/H. Ramirez Calderon
H. was shot 6 times in the street at 6:15am on Sunday 19th March. Neighbours reported hearing gunshots, and upon investigration they found a trans woman lying near the corner of 5 de Febrero street.
Seeing that there was a lot of blood, they asked for the support of the emergency corps, but nothing could be done, because the person had already died in the place.
https://periodicocorreo.com.mx/405370-2/
Paola Ponce
Age 2319 Mar 2017
Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico)
Tortured, raped and beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Mar-2017/Paola
Paola was tortured, raped and beaten to death. Her killer then threw her body into the street a short distance from her home.
According to her brother, the woman was engaged in sex work and every day she placed herself on Avenida Marte R. Gómez, at the intersection with Mar Caribe Street, in the Valle de Aragón neighborhood to wait for her clients.
A partner of Paola says that the last time he saw her was boarding a green Jeep Cherokee car, model of 2010, which was driven by a man. That was at 9 o’clock at night. Twelve hours later the neighbors found his body in a vacant lot, apparently the woman was dragged to that place.
http://desastre.mx/mexico/paola-fue-violada-y-asesinada-por-ser-trans-en-tamaulipas/
http://www.cristianosgays.com/tags/colonia-valle-de-aragon/
Vulgo L. H. Santos
18 Mar 2017
Vitória, Espírito Santo (Brazil)
Shot
Vulgo was shot on the street. No other details were reported.
His Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/menor.lh.9.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/vulgo-lh-santos-tiros-es-vitoria/
Angie Velásquez Ramírez
Age 3616 Mar 2017
Le Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Died in custody
Angie was detained during a police operation on 18th February 2017. She was held for about twenty days in the police station No. 11 of Ringuelet “in intolerable conditions”, then taken to Florencio Varela and Lisando Olmos prisons. She died in custody less than a month later.
Her death was the second of four in custody deaths in similar suspicious circumstances (the others being Pamela Macedo Panduro, Brandy Bardales Sangama and Damaris Becerra Jurado) in the same province during 2017.
All were Peruvian migrants and Otrans activists. Otrans reports that in the city the police routinely make arbitrary arrests of trans women. The detainees are routinely held without charge for long periods in degrading conditions without access to healthcare.
The trans support organisation Otrans Argentina (http://otransargentina.org/) denounced her death as a hate crime and filed a criminal complaint accusing the judge and prosecutor in charge of her case of killing her.
Like the similar deaths in 2017, Angie's death was not recorded on the official TGEU TDoR 2017 memorial list.
http://cosecharoja.org/otra-vez-muere-una-muere-una-trans-en-prision/
http://cosecharoja.org/fue-un-asesinato-una-mujer-trans-migrante-y-militante-politica/
http://www.revistaanfibia.com/ensayo/cuerpos-del-delito/
Bruninha Tavares
Age 1716 Mar 2017
Ourinhos, São Paulo (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-Mar-2017/Bruninha
Bruninha was stabbed. A farm worker found her body in a rural area in Salta Grande. She had stab wounds to the back and neck and her body showed signs of being mauled by a jaguar.
Friends of Bruninha who where with her before she was murdered reported that they had been ambushed by another car containing three people who the stabbed Bruninha in the back and forced her into their car. Afterwards they left at high speed heading towards the highway.
Three suspects were subsequently arrested.
http://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/bruna-tavares-17-anos-facadas-sp-ourinhos/
http://www.chavantesnoticia.com.br/?p=39517
http://portaltanacidade.com/principal/travesti-e-assassinada-em-ourinhos.html
Camila Albuquerque
Age 2015 Mar 2017
Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-Mar-2017/Camila Albuquerque
Camila was shot 15 times. Her hands had been tied behind her back. According to witnesses she had been used as bait and then killed by the same people who hired her.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/04/brazil-transexual-woman-found-dead-on.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/camila-albuquerque-tiros-dhpp-e-13a-dp-ba-salvador/
http://www.doistercos.com.br/transexual-e-assassinada-em-salvador/
Danilo Melhorini
15 Mar 2017
São Paulo (Brazil)
Suicide
Danilo died by suicide. Their Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/melhorini.
Today in the sky, a shining star has been made. The most glamorous and full of sparkle woman who illuminated the way of all with great joy, good mood, with all glitter that came from her beautiful spirituality.
This passage makes me think so much how much we only know what’s going on inside of you, your fears, your monsters and anguish. She chose to leave for another plan, and she will arrive debuting in heaven, as a diva that was and will always be in our memories.
Go in peace honey!
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/danilo-melhorini-suicidio-sp-sao-paulo/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1457164517690178/
Rapee
Age 3914 Mar 2017
Kantharalak, Sisaket (Thailand)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Mar-2017/Rapee
Rapee was beaten, and her body found by her sister. A man has been arrested and has confessed to the murder.
http://www.thairath.co.th/content/888206
Lexia Famosinha
13 Mar 2017
Santa Fé do Sul, São Paulo (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Mar-2017/Lexia
Lexia was stabbed in the back and ribs after an argument with another sex worker. She died in hospital.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/04/transgender-woman-murdered-by-another.html
http://www.diariodevotuporanga.com.br/2017/03/14/apos-discussao-travesti-e-morto-em-santa-fe-do-sul/
http://sbtinterior.com/noticia/apos-briga-travesti-e-morto-a-facadas-na-regiao-2017-03-14.html
Gabriele Marchiori ("Gabii")
Age 1912 Mar 2017
Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Mar-2017/N.N.
Gabriele’s body was found burned. The exact cause of her death is unknown, but it is suspected that she may have been murdered elsewhere.
A body was found burning in a wasteland on Frederico Augusto Ritter Avenue, in Cachoeirinha Industrial District.on the morning of last Sunday (12).
According to the Military Brigade, a 47-year-old man was passing by when he saw the fire and quickly put it out. But the victim was already dead. He then called the emergency services.
At the time of the incident, the victim was not identified, but it was noted that they were wearing women's clothing and makeup. On social networks, friends identified her as an 18-year-old [trans woman] who lives in the Morada do Vale neighborhood in Gravataí.
Gabriele’s Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/gabemarchiori.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/04/brazil-transgender-womans-body-found.html
https://www.oreporter.net/corpo-carbonizado-em-cachoeirinha-era-de-uma-transexual/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/3050288898377724/
L. F. dos Santos
Age 2612 Mar 2017
Serra, Espírito Santo (Brazil)
Shot
L. was a tattooist. On the morning of Sunday 12th March he was riding his motorcycle near his house in the Nova Almeida neighbourhood when he was shot in the head by a person on the street. He died instantly.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/l-f-dos-santos-26-anos-tiros-es-serra/
Name Unknown
Age 3511 Mar 2017
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco (Mexico)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Mar-2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found stuffed into an abandoned suitcase which was found dumped on wasteland.
TLAJOMULCO DE ZUÑIGA, JAL.- An individual who apparently was a transvestite was deprived of herlife and put inside a suitcase, which was later dumped in a property in this municipality.
The discovery was made on Saturday, March 11, minutes before four in the afternoon, and so far the victim has not been identified, although it was possible to know that he was between 35 and 40 years old.
The Municipal Police received a report of an abandoned suitcase from which blood had leaked in a property on boulevard Santa Fe and avenida Concepción, in barrio Santa Fe. Several officers went to the scene to investigate.
Upon arrival, they confirmed that there was a blue suitcase lying among garbage. When they opened it they discovered the naked body of a [woman], who apparently was a [trans woman], who's body had traces of violence.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Quadratin 11.03.2017
https://noticieroelcirco.com/travesti-fue-ejecutado-y-enmaletado-en-tlajomulco-de-zuniga-jalisco/
https://www.facebook.com/noticieroelcirco/posts/1305722489494859
Jennifer Celia Henrique (Jenni)
Age 3810 Mar 2017
Florianopolis, Santa Catarina (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-Mar-2017/Jennifer Celia Henrique (Jenni)
Jenni was found dead with head injuries in a building in the neighbourhood of Ingleses, in the north of Santa Catarina Island. A suspect was arrested just over a month later on 23rd April 2017 and confessed to her murder.
She had previously been assaulted in 2013 and 2016.
The murder caused commotion in social networks, especially in the LGBT community of Santa Catarina.
Jenni, who worked with the sale of cosmetics, is described by friends as a “cheerful” person, “smiling” and “always saw the good side of life.”
Another friend wrote that today was a day of “cowardice … of prejudice … of injustice … What to talk about you ??? They are good things … joy … strength … friendship … courage. Not always what suits us serves the other … as well as what is good for another sometimes does not suit us … being different is not bad … life is made of differences … let’s know how to live .. .amar … to respect.”
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/jennifercelia.henrique.
http://www.jornalconexao.com.br/transexual-jennifer-do-santinho-e-assassinada-no-norte-da-ilha/
Sandra Marafigo Cordeiro
8 Mar 2017
Laranjeiras do Sul, Paraná (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Mar-2017/Sandra
Sandra was found dead on the morning of Wednesday 8th March in Cristo Rei Square, Laranjeiras do Sul, in the south of Paraná. According to reports she had arrived in the city during the previous week and had been sleeping rough in the square.
On the Saturday before her murder she had been beaten by some young people near the bus station, and gone to the police station to report the assault. Her death was a result of the head injury she suffered during the assault.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/08/nao-identificada-pr-laranjeiras-do-sul/
https://olhoabertopr.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/morte-de-travesti-pode-ter-sido.html
Name Unknown
6 Mar 2017
Goiania, Goiás (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Mar-2017/N.N.
The victim was shot and killed at dawn on Monday 6th March at Rua 21 de Abril, Parque Anhanguera 2.
A friend who was with her and was not injured reported that the shooter was on a motorcycle. He was alone on the vehicle and fled the crime scene.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/nao-identificada-tiros-go-goiania/
http://g1.globo.com/goias/noticia/2017/03/travesti-e-morta-tiros-em-goiania.html
http://www.opiqui.com/travesti-e-morta-a-tiros-em-goiania/
Rubi Navarros
Age 266 Mar 2017
Luziania, Goiás (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Mar-2017/Rubi
Rubi was drinking in a bar with someone she had a relationship with when he pulled out a gun and started shooting at people. Rubi and a cisgender woman named Vera Lucia were killed. The killer fled the scene.
A man suspected of being their killer was arrested in Araguaia in March 2018.
According to the Civil Police of MT, Danilo de Sousa Araújo, 25, killed a military police officer in Maranhão, besides being suspected of participating in the death of a [cis] woman and a trans woman in a bar in Luziânia, Federal District.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/rubi.navarros.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/rubi-tiros-go-luziania/
https://www.facebook.com/1708994492682297/photos/pcb.1899611620287249/1899611590287252
Michelly Garcia
Age 253 Mar 2017
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Mar-2017/Michelly Garcia
Michelly was shot in the head in her own home by two men on a motorcycle. She died on the way to hospital.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/mychell.garcia.33
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/m-da-cunha-25-anos-tiros-rs-pelotas/
https://www.diariopopular.com.br/index.php?n_sistema=3056&id_noticia=MTIyMTY0&id_area=Nw==%E2%80%8B
https://variedadesruba.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/pelotas-jovem-de-25-anos-e-morto-
P. J.
Age 242 Mar 2017
Doi Saket, Chiang Mai (Thailand)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Mar-2017/P.J.
P. J. was stabbed in the chest and neck by her boyfriend after a fight.
https://www.khaosod.co.th/around-thailand/news_246028
J.
Age 231 Mar 2017
Municipio de Chalco, Estado de Mexico (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/1-Mar-2017/N.N.
J. was stabbed in the face and chest by her partner after an argument. He was subsequently arrested.
Madonna Marrocos
28 Feb 2017
Guarabira, Paraíba (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/28-Feb-2017/Z. Marrocos
Madonna was stabbed. Valter Constantino de Oliveira, 32, was arrested and confessed to her murder. When questioned he said that he did not repent and that “he would do it again, and he would dismember” her.
One lady said she was thrilled when she saw Madonna crying in happiness over a plate of food she won at Christmas when a religious group gave a dinner party at the fair for street people. She said that Maradona was not a bad person and liked to talk to everyone with great affection.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/ze-de-marroque-madona-facadas-pb-guarabira/
http://www.blogdofelipesilva.com/2017/02/homossexual-e-assassinado-em-guarabira.html
http://www.plugadosnanoticia.com/2017/02/homossexual-e-morto-facadas-em.html
http://www.g2portaldenoticias.com/2017/02/madona-baixinha-travestir-e-assassinado.html
Amna
Age 3528 Feb 2017
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Tortured
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Feb-2017/Amna
Amna was arrested by the police with other trans women, allegedly on the charge of ‘cross-dressing’ and having ‘same-sex’ relationships. They were bound into sacks, beaten with sticks and tortured to death.
Meeno
Age 2628 Feb 2017
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Tortured
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Feb-2017/Meeno
Meeno was arrested by the police with other trans women, allegedly on the charge of ‘cross-dressing’ and having ‘same-sex’ relationships. They were bound into sacks, beaten with sticks and tortured to death.
Name Unknown
28 Feb 2017
Barquisimeto, Lara (Venezuela)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/28-Feb-2017/N.N.
The victim was shot in the chest and face in the early hours of morning, and her body was found in the street. Neighbours reported hearing three gunshots.
Ciara McElveen
Age 2727 Feb 2017
New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Feb-2017/Ciara McElveen
Ciara was found by police officers lying facedown on the pavement suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was taken to hospital where she later died from her injuries.
A transgender woman was named by a witness as the person killed in what police said was a fatal stabbing Monday (Feb. 27) in the 7th Ward. The woman was dragged out of a vehicle by the driver after she had apparently been stabbed more than once, according to the witness and police.
The New Orleans Police Department said it could not confirm the gender identity of the victim. The department initially reported the victim was a woman, but later said the victim was a man, only to then indicate it was still investigating the victim's identity.
The witness at the scene, however, provided the identity of the victim -- whom he said he had known for several years. The victim's identified herself as a transgender woman in her social media account.
In July 2018 a warrant was issued for the arrest of Leonard Ward, 55, on a charge of second-degree murder.
https://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/07/murder_warrant_transgender_wom.html
https://mic.com/articles/169818/ciara-mc-elveen-transgender-woman-killed-in-new-orleans
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/02/28/another-trans-woman-has-been-stabbed-and-killed-in-new-orleans/
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/03/pushed_to_societys_edges_7th_w.html
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_b6c84f79-6910-54da-9d38-4ebd6f431318.html
Emanuelle Muniz
Age 2126 Feb 2017
Anápolis, Goiás (Brazil)
Stoned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-Feb-2017/Emanuelle Muniz
Emanuelle was kidnapped and stoned to death after hitching a ride while leaving a nightclub. Her mother found her naked body lying on a dirt road the following morning.
[Trans woman] Emanuelle Muniz, 21, was stoned to death after being kidnapped on Sunday (26), in Anápolis, 55 km from Goiânia . According to the Civil Police, her body was found by her mother, on a road in the rural area of the city. According to the corporation, the young woman disappeared after getting into a car at the door of a nightclub.
According to delegate Cleiton Lobo, from the Anapolis Homicide Investigation Group (GIH), the mother was with her daughter at a party and, at the door of the venue, they got into a car to hitch a ride. Realizing that the vehicle was full, she got out and called Emanuelle, trying to pulling her out. However, according to the corporation, the car took off at high speed with the young woman inside.
“Then the mother looked for a friend and began to travel all over the city looking for her daughter. Almost five hours after the disappearance, she turned onto a dirt road, but the car's tire was flat. When she got out of the vehicle to change the tire with her friend, she found her daughter's body a few meters away and became desperate. She immediately called the Military Police”, said the delegate to G1.
The crime took place at dawn on Sunday, on a road that gives access to BR-060, in Anápolis. According to the delegate, the young woman left the party with her mother at 1:00 am, and was killed half an hour later. The body was found at 7:00. According to investigations, the young woman had her cell phone taken by criminals. However, the delegate claims that the crime may have been motivated by gender bias.
On 20th July 2021 the four men involved in her murder were convicted by a jury and sentenced to a total of 121 years in prison.
After a trial that took more than 16 hours on Tuesday (20), the four involved in the murder of [trans woman] Emanuelle Muniz Gomes were found guilty by the jury.
The highest sentences, 35 and 34 years, were given to Márcio Machado Nunes and Sérgio Cesário Neto, respectively. Reinivan Moses de Oliveira and Daniel Lopes Caetano, were sentenced to 26 years each. Together, the sentences total 121 years.
In all, the accused were tried on five counts: triple murder, rape, attempted murder and two other robberies against Emanuelle's mother and a friend. Reinivan and Daniel got lower sentences because they were acquitted of the robberies.
The decision is still subject to an appeal and the defense of one of the plaintiffs has already stated that he will appeal.
https://www.diariodaamazonia.com.br/assassinos-de-trans-sao-condenados-a-ate-35-anos-de-prisao/
https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/jovens-sao-condenados-por-torturar-transexual-ate-a-morte-em-goias
https://br.noticias.yahoo.com/assassinos-trans-s%C3%A3o-condenados-at%C3%A9-211500995.html
http://www.gay1.com.br/2017/02/mae-encontra-corpo-de-transexual-morta-a-pedradas-apos-sequestro/
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/emanuele-21-anos-go-anapolis/
Lorrane Sousa
26 Feb 2017
São Luís, Maranhão (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-Feb-2017/Lorrane
Lorrane was in a busy tourist area in the city centre when she was shot in the head and buttocks by an assassin on a motorcycle
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/03/brazil-transgender-woman-shot-dead-on.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/lorrane-tiros-ma-sao-luis/
http://www.abimaelcosta.com.br/2017/03/crime-de-genero-travesti-e-assassinada.html
C. A. de Mendonça
Age 3025 Feb 2017
São João Nepomuceno, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Suicide
C. A. died by suicide.
https://showdomarcusvinicius.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/travesti-de-30-anos-comete-suicidio-em.html
Name Unknown
25 Feb 2017
Calimaya, Estado de México (Mexico)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Feb-2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found on 25th February in a field just over a kilometer from Mexicaltzingo. Her face was disfigured, one arm mutilated and she had wounds to the neck.
CALIMAYA, Méx.-25 FEBRUARY 2017.- With the disfigured face, mutilated of an arm and wounds in the neck, the body of a person was found, whose sex could not be determined, in a cultivated land, this morning in the community from Santa María Nativitas of this municipality.
A small flag was placed next to the body with a legend that was not revealed by the authorities.
It was minutes before noon, when locals discovered the body next to the Real Calimaya dirt road to Metepec, just over a kilometer from the municipal pantheon of Mexicaltzingo.
According to official versions, the victim who was wearing blue denim pants, green sweater, blouse and black shoes was face down, which was already eaten by the area's harmful fauna.
Her identity and the date of death are unknown.
https://www.debate.com.mx/policiacas/La-cruel-muerte-de-un-travesti--20170227-0155.html
Chyna Gibson/Chyna Doll Dupree
Age 3125 Feb 2017
New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Feb-2017/Chyna Gibson
Chyna was shot and killed outside of a shopping center while visiting her family in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras.
https://mic.com/articles/169646/new-orleans-transgender-woman-chyna-gibson-shot-and-killed
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/02/26/transgender-performer-shot-and-killed-in-new-orleans/
Byanka Yañez
Age 4524 Feb 2017
Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Feb-2017/Byanka Yañez
Byanka was stabbed inside the beauty salon she owned.
http://expreso.press/2017/02/24/asesinan-estilista-2/
Camila de Souza Magalhães
Age 2223 Feb 2017
São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Feb-2017/Camila de Souza Magalhães
Camila was beaten by more than 10 men. A pastor intervened and tried to save her, but she died 8 days later after the hospital where she was taken after the beating failed to notice internal injuries which proved fatal.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/03/transgender-woman-dies-after-being.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/camila-22-anos-espancamento-rj-sao-goncalo/
Sameera Khrishnan
Age 26 (born 24 Feb 1990)23 Feb 2017
Kuala Lumpur, Selangor (Malaysia)
Shot and stabbed and slashed in the head
TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Feb-2017/Meera
Sameera was a florist. She was shot in the bottom and slashed in the head after going out to buy food and top up her phone credit.
Her body was found barefoot in the street. Four fingers on her right hand had been severed and her right arm was mutilated.
Reportedly her attackers were three masked men who had arrived in two cars. Her funeral was held on Friday, 24th February - her birthday.
https://iglu-biblioteka.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/hemeroteca-transfeminicidio-el.html
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/02/24/transgender-woman-murdered-malaysia
Charlotte Oquias Lapasaran Logronio
22 Feb 2017
Davao City (Philippines)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Feb-2017/Charlotte Oquias Lapasaran Logronio
Charlotte was shot.
https://www.facebook.com/violenceinthephilippines/posts/688035984700835
Tiara Lashaytheboss Richmond (aka Keke Collier)
Age 2421 Feb 2017
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Feb-2017/Tiara Lashaytheboss Richmond (aka Keke Collier)
Keke was shot multiple times while sitting in a car.
Chicago's LGBT community and its allies are mourning the loss of a recent homicide victim who they say identified as a transgender woman.
Known to friends and family as Tiara Richmond or Keke Collier, the 24-year-old was shot and killed Tuesday about 6:15 a.m. while sitting in a car with a man in Englewood. The gunman fled from the 7300 block of South May Street in a red vehicle, police said.
An autopsy determined Richmond, of the 6800 block of South Normal Boulevard in Englewood, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
"She loved to dance all the time," said [name redacted], 26, a good friend of Richmond who knew her for nearly a decade. "She was always the life of the party. Even when we got into fights, she didn't want to fight."
Richmond's family, which includes two sisters and a brother, accepted her for who she was, Wade said. Her family could not be reached Wednesday night.
https://mic.com/articles/169303/24-year-old-trans-woman-keke-collier-shot-and-killed-in-chicago
Elizabeth Castillo
Age 2420 Feb 2017
San Luis Talpa, La Paz (El Salvador)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Feb-2017/Elizabeth
Elizabeth was kidnapped, tortured and murdered after going to the funerals of Daniela Rodríguez and Yasuri Orellana who had been murdered two days earlier. Her body was found with her feet and hands tied, and with wounds to her face and neck.
On February 19, 2017, two transgender women were killed with gunshot wounds to the neck and chest , from a black tinted car. The FGR details that the events occurred after the victims returned to their homes, after participating in the celebration of Friendship Day, in the center of the city of San Luis Talpa, La Paz.
The bodies were located by the security authorities, a few hours after the incident; and were identified as [deadname] Orellana and [deadname] Rodríguez, two trans women known as Yasuri and Daniela, respectively.
According to official data maintained by the FGR, Elizabeth Castillo was assassinated on February 21, after attending the funeral of Yasuri and Daniela, both correlatives of hers. Authorities reports identified her body, when she was recognized as [deadname] Artiga, 24 years old.
The article MS-13 Banished Trans Women From a Town and Murdered Those Who Stayed gives a heartbreaking insight into what happened:
MS-13's attack on the town’s trans women community began with a Valentine Day’s dance in the town square in 2017. Nube recalled in an interview with VICE World News that she wore a tight black tube dress for the Saturday night party and let her best friend Elizabeth Castillo do her hair and makeup.
The night of February 18, Nube and Elizabeth each had a drink of cheap alcohol and left for the central plaza. There, they waited in a corner for two other trans friends, Diana and Yasuri, to arrive. As the music played in the background, Nube grew restless. “If you want, stay here, but I'm going to dance," she said, describing the conversation four years ago. Elizabeth offered another drink to her friend and they began to dance.
Half an hour later, as Nube and Elizabeth were dancing, a burst of gunfire in the distance stopped the music. Diana and Yasuri had been walking to the party when three MS-13 gang members in a gray van shot them at point-blank range.
"They killed them! They killed them!" people shouted.
The following night, Elizabeth wanted to go to the wake for her two friends. Nube refused to accompany her because a rumor was already spreading that MS-13 wanted to kill them all. Elizabeth said goodbye and left alone in a motorcycle taxi.
She never arrived. Elizabeth disappeared that night and her body was found a day later on a dirt road on the outskirts of town, her hands and feet bound, showing signs of torture and blows to the face.
MS-13 had sent the message that it no longer wanted to see any more trans women in San Luis Talpa. Over the next two years, the 11 remaining trans women in San Luis Talpa fled one by one as the gang attacked, raped, and tortured them.
In July 2017 the authorities arrested several members of the MS-13 gang which allegedly killed Daniela, Yasuri and Elizabeth, and in February 2021 Aníbal Alfredo Melara Saravia, Edwin Geovanni Méndez Avilés and Carlos Antonio Molina Rivera were sentenced to 60, 66 and 60 years in prison respectively.
http://ojo-publico.com/420/transexuales-sin-tierra
http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/condenan-asesinatos-de-mujeres-transexuales-en-el-salvador
http://elmundo.sv/asesinan-a-travesti-y-vigilante-en-las-ultimas-horas/
https://www.20minutos.com/noticia/76222/0/el-salvador-condenan-asesinatos-de-mujeres-transexuales/
Sam Marx
Age 1720 Feb 2017
Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Suicide
Sam died by suicide at his school.
He was autistic but according to his mum had been thriving since starting there two years earlier. A subsequent review confirmed that the local council had decided not to support him for a third year, and it seems likely that this and the lack of support offered to help him cope with his gender dysphoria were factors in his death.
A transgender teenager took their own life in Perth and Kinross after their cries for help went unheard by local services, The Courier can reveal today. A probe into the circumstances surrounding the tragic death found the support received by the 17-year-old was too often “fragmented, inconsistent and uncoordinated”.
The pupil was found dead shortly after being told by education chiefs that they would not be allowed to attend the New School Butterstone for an extra year. The suicide in February 2017 set in motion a breakdown in the turbulent relationship between Perth and Kinross Council and senior staff at the school, which controversially closed at short notice in November 2018.
The “sensitive and intelligent” teenager had also become frustrated at the lack of progress to address their growing sense of gender dysphoria. The newly-published report said the pupil had been referred for specialised treatment and possible gender re-assignment. But the professionals involved later admitted they would have delayed the referral if they had been aware of the vulnerable teen’s history of self-harm and suicide attempts.
During the review, undertaken on behalf of Perth and Kinross child protection committee, some non-specialist staff spoke about “not feeling confident” when working with young people with gender dysphoria. A total of 17 recommendations were made to improve services in the wake of the tragic death of the pupil, who is known in the report as “Young Person A”, including improved training for staff.
The shock report’s findings include:
- The teenager’s “troubling” narrative was being listened to at the time but was not being properly heard or understood by officials
- Evidence of “silo working” among the more than 14 separate professionals supporting Young Person A
- Huge pressures on local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Health staff had “incomplete picture” when referring the pupil for specialised treatment and possible gender re-assignment
- Strained relations between the education service and the family and school
- A lack of governance and oversight, or anyone acting as “named person”.
After Sam's death the relationship between the school and Perth and Kinross Council broke down, and it closed 21 months later. A probe into his death showed a ‘considerable lack of respect’ to his family.
A fresh probe is under way into the sudden death of a teenager at the New School Butterstone.
The apparent suicide in February 2017 set in motion a breakdown in the turbulent relationship between senior school staff and Perth and Kinross Council.
Jim Martin CBE, who released the results of his independent inquiry into the school’s closure this week, confirmed that a “significant case review” into the 17-year-old’s death had now started. But he said the delayed investigation, which began more than three years after the tragedy, “showed a considerable lack of respect” to the student’s family.
Mr Martin’s review found that concerns about child protection – unrelated to the 2017 death – and financial problems had led to the school’s shock closure in November 2018. With just four days’ notice, all 24 students were forced out of the building and 51 staff lost their jobs.
The school’s head Bill Colley has rejected the findings of the review and said he felt “scapegoated” by others involved in the inquiry.
The suicide came just weeks after a former student took their own life, the inquiry heard. Mr Martin said: “The aftermath of this event had a considerable impact on all those connected with the school, particularly those staff who had gone to the young person’s assistance.”
He said the pupil – who has not been identified – had been at Butterstone for two years. “Not long before their suicide, Perth and Kinross Council had written to confirm that they would not support the pupil’s attendance at the school for a third year,” said Mr Martin, stressing that the question of why the young person decided to take their life was not part of his review.
“Now, three-and-a-half years after the young person’s tragic death, I am told the Significant Case Review is now under way. “In my view, and I acknowledge this is also outwith the terms of the review, this delay shows a considerable lack of respect for the young person’s family, and for those members of the school staff who were directly responsible for trying to assist the pupil and to manage the school in the aftermath of this tragic event.”
He said he was grateful to the teenager’s family for supporting the review.
Significant Case Reviews are carried out by child protection committees and evaluated by the Care Inspectorate. The aim is to establish the facts surrounding the case and look at what lessons can be learned. The Care Inspectorate has declined to comment.
After the student’s death, Perth and Kinross Council issued a list of demands to the school. Mr Martin said: “The tone of the letter, while offering condolences, was at best insensitive, took no account of the impact of events on the staff of the school, or the challenges they faced in trying to manage a small school through a traumatic event.”
The review found this had a damaging effect on relationships between the school and the local authority. It led to staff believing council officials were “out to make life as difficult as possible for the school in the hope that it would fail”.
Mr Martin said: “Neither the senior management staff of the school, nor the council officials, come out of this well. “It appears to me that, over the piece, neither was prepared to accept that the other was acting in good faith.”
A Perth and Kinross Council spokesperson said: “The council can confirm that the Child Protection Committee has systems in place to follow national guidance in relation to the conduct of multi-agency case reviews.
“In this case, the appropriate timing for commencing this work has been kept under regular review. An independent reviewer was appointed in January 2020 and it would not be appropriate to comment further while this work is underway.”
The relevant sections of the review are reproduced below:
Chapter 3: February to December 2017
3.1 The overview below is set out in chronological order. It specifically covers critical periods where interactions with, and between, the Relevant Bodies have been evidenced and correlated.
3.2 This period principally covers the time that Head of School A was in post. The Head of Care referred to in this report was in post throughout the period of this Review.
February 2017
3.3 On 20th February 2017 a student took their own life while attending the School, only weeks after a former student of the school had also taken their own life. The aftermath of this event had a considerable impact on all those connected with the School, particularly those staff who had gone to the young person's assistance.
3.4 The pupil had attended the School for the previous two years. Not long before their suicide, Perth and Kinross Council had written to confirm that they would not support the pupil's attendance at the School for a third year. It is not within the Terms of Reference of this Review to investigate what caused this young person to make the decision they did. Now, three and a half years after the young person's tragic death, I am told that the Significant Case Review is now underway. In my view, and I acknowledge this is also outwith the terms of the Review, this delay shows a considerable lack of respect for the young person's family, and for those members of the school staff who were directly responsible for trying to assist the pupil and to manage the School in the aftermath of this tragic event. I am grateful to the family of this pupil for their support of this Review.
3.5 Following the death, on 22 February 2017, HM Inspectors and the Care Inspectorate visited the School to satisfy themselves about the arrangements within the School for the safeguarding of pupils. Some weaknesses were noted. On 27 February 2017, Scottish Ministers placed 5 conditions on the running of the School in accordance with section 98E(1)(a) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (the 1980 Act). The Conditions referred to: the updating and accessibility of young people's files; a review of all care plans for the School's young people; staff awareness of care plans; and a review and update of school Information and Communications Technology (ICT) policies.
Sam's mum described him as "very grown up" and said he had been thriving at the school.
“...losing a child, it completely knocks the fight from out under you, especially in the way we lost Sam. It takes away all your coping mechanisms.
“It’s completely different. I had never known anyone personally who had done that so I didn’t know how to feel or how I should respond.”
Speaking about Sam, she describes a youngster who was “very grown up”.
She added: “He had struggled in school but once he got to Butterstone, he absolutely thrived – he just found a home.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/independent-review-closure-new-school-butterstone
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/perthshire-mum-whose-son-took-22963774
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/perthshire-mums-quest-truth-butterstone-16516563
C. Camilo Valencia
19 Feb 2017
Valle del Cauca (Colombia)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/19-Feb-2017/C. Camilo Valencia
C. was shot 5 times inside her house after an argument with an acquaintance.
Mirella de Carlo
Age 3919 Feb 2017
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Strangled
TDoR list ref: tgeu/19-Feb-2017/Mirella de Castro
Mirella was a trans rights advocate. She was strangled with a bath towel in her own home.
Her Facebook profile is at https://www.facebook.com/mirella.decarlo1
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/03/transgender-mirella-de-carlo-is-chocked.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/mirella-de-carlo-asfixia-mg-belo-horizonte/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1428771207196176/
Jaquarrius Holland
Age 1819 Feb 2017
Monroe, Loisiana (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/19-Feb-2017/Jaquarrius Holland
Jaquarrius was shot during an argument. Initial news reports misgendered her.
A. da Silva Maciel
Age 2718 Feb 2017
São Sebastião, São Paulo (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Feb-2017/A. da Silva Maciel
A. was shot four times inside her own house. Witnesses reported having seen a man wearing a hood entered the house.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/03/transgender-woman-shot-four-times.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/a-da-silva-maciel-27-anos-tiros-rj-campos/
Daniela Rodríguez
Age 2918 Feb 2017
San Luis Talpa, La Paz (El Salvador)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Feb-2017/D. Rodriguez
Daniela and Yasuri Orellana were on their way to a party in the center of San Luis Talpa on 18th February 2017 when they were rammed by a car. Without saying a word the driver pulled out a firearm and shot them several times.
The article MS-13 Banished Trans Women From a Town and Murdered Those Who Stayed gives a heartbreaking insight into what happened:
MS-13's attack on the town’s trans women community began with a Valentine Day’s dance in the town square in 2017. Nube recalled in an interview with VICE World News that she wore a tight black tube dress for the Saturday night party and let her best friend Elizabeth Castillo do her hair and makeup.
The night of February 18, Nube and Elizabeth each had a drink of cheap alcohol and left for the central plaza. There, they waited in a corner for two other trans friends, Diana and Yasuri, to arrive. As the music played in the background, Nube grew restless. “If you want, stay here, but I'm going to dance," she said, describing the conversation four years ago. Elizabeth offered another drink to her friend and they began to dance.
Half an hour later, as Nube and Elizabeth were dancing, a burst of gunfire in the distance stopped the music. Diana and Yasuri had been walking to the party when three MS-13 gang members in a gray van shot them at point-blank range.
"They killed them! They killed them!" people shouted.
On 15th June 2018 their alleged murderer Dimas Antonio Ramos Aparicio was deported from the USA to El Salvador to face trial for aggravated homicide.
A comment posted on the above news report reads:
"The headline of the news is bad and is tendentious. It’s not about two men dressed as women. They are trans people, they should not even be called trans-homosexuals. As journalists, I do not think they are unaware of LGBT concepts."
In July 2017 the authorities arrested several members of the MS-13 gang which allegedly killed them, and in February 2021 Aníbal Alfredo Melara Saravia, Edwin Geovanni Méndez Avilés and Carlos Antonio Molina Rivera were sentenced to 60, 66 and 60 years in prison respectively.
Daniela was identified as D. Rodriguez in the TDoR 2017 memorial list released by Transgender Europe in November 2017.
https://www.20minutos.com/noticia/76222/0/el-salvador-condenan-asesinatos-de-mujeres-transexuales/
Yasuri Orellana
Age 2218 Feb 2017
San Luis Talpa, La Paz (El Salvador)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Feb-2017/T. A. Orellana
Yasuri Orellana and Daniela Rodríguez were on their way to a party in the center of San Luis Talpa on 18th February 2017 when they were rammed by a car. Without saying a word the driver pulled out a firearm and shot them several times.
The article MS-13 Banished Trans Women From a Town and Murdered Those Who Stayed gives a heartbreaking insight into what happened:
MS-13's attack on the town’s trans women community began with a Valentine Day’s dance in the town square in 2017. Nube recalled in an interview with VICE World News that she wore a tight black tube dress for the Saturday night party and let her best friend Elizabeth Castillo do her hair and makeup.
The night of February 18, Nube and Elizabeth each had a drink of cheap alcohol and left for the central plaza. There, they waited in a corner for two other trans friends, Diana and Yasuri, to arrive. As the music played in the background, Nube grew restless. “If you want, stay here, but I'm going to dance," she said, describing the conversation four years ago. Elizabeth offered another drink to her friend and they began to dance.
Half an hour later, as Nube and Elizabeth were dancing, a burst of gunfire in the distance stopped the music. Diana and Yasuri had been walking to the party when three MS-13 gang members in a gray van shot them at point-blank range.
"They killed them! They killed them!" people shouted.
On 15th June 2018 their alleged murderer Dimas Antonio Ramos Aparicio was deported from the USA to El Salvador to face trial for aggravated homicide.
A comment posted on the above news report reads:
"The headline of the news is bad and is tendentious. It’s not about two men dressed as women. They are trans people, they should not even be called trans-homosexuals. As journalists, I do not think they are unaware of LGBT concepts."
In July 2017 the authorities arrested several members of the MS-13 gang which allegedly killed them, and in February 2021 Aníbal Alfredo Melara Saravia, Edwin Geovanni Méndez Avilés and Carlos Antonio Molina Rivera were sentenced to 60, 66 and 60 years in prison respectively.
Yasuri was identified at T. A. Orellana in the TDoR 2017 memorial list released by Transgender Europe in November 2017.
https://www.20minutos.com/noticia/76222/0/el-salvador-condenan-asesinatos-de-mujeres-transexuales/
Morgana Ferreira
17 Feb 2017
Caçapava, São Paulo (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/17-Feb-2017/N.N.
Morgana was shot dead in the street in Vila Galvão, Caçapava while with a friend. According to her friend’s testimony, the driver of a car called to her and shot her in the head. She died at the scene.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/nao-identificada-tiros-sp-cacapava/
Name Unknown
16 Feb 2017
Chaparral, Tolima (Colombia)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-Feb-2017/N.N.
The victim had been reported as missing for 10 days. She was violently sexually assaulted and beaten in different parts of the body.
Dandara dos Santos
Age 4215 Feb 2017
Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-Feb-2017/Dandara
Dandara was publicly tortured and beaten to death by several young men, with her horrific ordeal recorded and published on YouTube. The video was later removed, but not before news of her ordeal had spread worldwide.
Dandara's death sparked internetional outrage.
The Legislative Assembly of Ceará instituted February 15, the date of Dandara's death, as the State Day to Combat Transphobia, which appears on the official calendar of the state. In 2018, five of Dandara's killers were tried. For the first time in the Brazilian court, the judge mentioned in sentencing the motive of transphobia as qualifying the homicide.
Five of her attackers were jailed for a total of 83 years on 5th April 2018:
- Francisco José Monteiro de Oliveira Junior was sentenced to 21 years for shooting her.
- Jean Victor Silva Oliveira was sentenced for 16 years beating her with a wooden board.
- Rafael Alves da Silva Paiva and Francisco Gabriel dos Reis were sentenced to 16 years for kicking her and hitting her with flip flops respectively.
- Isaías da Silva Camurça was sentenced to 14 and a half years for hurling homophobic slurs at her.
In March 2019 Francisco Wellington Teles, 51, was arrested in Caucaia, in the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza. Investigations indicate that Wellington was responsible for taking Dandara to the scene of the crime.
"When she got on the bike that would take her to the place where the video of her beating was filmed, Dandara dos Santos said goodbye and smiled to those around her. It was February 15 last. On that street in Conjunto Ceará, she grew up, made friends, distributed favors, took care of her mother, danced … Dandara was sweet and cheerful. Even those who did not know her well knew the reputation of being polite and playful.
“The day she died, I saw her at the supermarket buying bread. She went every morning, helping the gentleman over there” pointing out a neighbor, who did not want to be identified. Her routine on the pavement street was to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes. Inside the house, her corner was a hammock in front of a bad-looking television.
In August 2019 a book titled "Casulo Dandara" describing the story of her life, the murder investigation and how she became an icon of LGBT resistance is to be released at the Book Biennial of Ceará by her friend, Vitoria Holanda.
The inspector remembers that before the video hit the networks and publicised the murder, generating national and international repercussions, Dandara dos Santos had never existed! She was Dandara Kettley; dos Santos, did not yet exist anywhere; of birth, Dandara was [deadname] Ferreira Vasconcelos. Of the 11 accused of the her murder, 10 were identified.
In the Cocoon Dandara , Vitoria narrates her story from her childhood until her murder and the repercussions of the crime. According to the author, the biggest challenge was balancing her commitment to the loss of her friend and professional detachment, making the narrative even more unique and challenging.
In December 2020 the City Council of Fortaleza approved a project to name a street in Bairro Bom Jardim - the area where she died - "Dandara Ketley" in her memory.
Vitória Holanda, an inspector with the Ceará Civil Police, was a childhood friend of Dandara and says that the idea of ??renaming the street with the name of the [trans woman] is also a protest against intolerance
”It was to humanize Dandara's story”, says Civil Police inspector, Vitória Holanda, who idealized the naming of a street in honor of Dandara dos Santos, the [trans woman] brutally murdered in February 2017, in Fortaleza. Dandara's childhood friend, she revealed exclusively to O POVO how the homage was conceived.
The idea of renaming the quadrant of the Bom Jardim neighborhood where the crime occurred, with the name of Dandara Ketteley is, according to the police officer, a symbolic act of protest against transphobia to combat false narratives that attempt to tarnish the image of [trans women] as a way to minimize the brutality of the crime her friend suffered.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Ultimo segundo 15/02/2017
https://queer.ig.com.br/2021-11-18/ultimo-suspeito-caso-dandara-e-condenado.html
https://gay.blog.br/noticias/luto-4-anos-do-brutal-assassinato-da-travesti-dandara
https://www.brasil247.com/brasil/bloco-homenageia-dandara-dos-santos-travesti-assassinada-ha-3-anos
https://cn7.com.br/bloco-carnavalesco-realiza-homenagem-a-dandara-travesti-assassinada-ha-tres-anos
https://crato-noticias.blogspot.com/2019/03/foragido-por-matar-travesti-dandara-e.html
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/03/brazil-transgender-dandara-santos.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/15/dandara-pauladas-e-pedradas-ce-fortaleza
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/world/americas/brazil-transgender-killing-video.html
https://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/quatro-adolescentes-sao-presos-por-espancar-travesti-ate-a-morte
J. M. Sepriano
Age 1513 Feb 2017
Philippines
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Feb-2017/N.N.
J.M. was hacked to death by a neighbour after intervening in a fight involving the suspect’s son. The assailant attacked them from behind.
https://www.facebook.com/repos.agib/posts/1436289763062214
http://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/122547/teenager-hacked-dead-neighbor-naga-city
Alexandra Peña Vizcaya
Age 3212 Feb 2017
Chiquinquira, Boyacá (Venezuela)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Feb-2017/Alexandra Peña Vizcaya
Alexandra died after being shot in the skull and right leg. The crime could be related to that of a recently killed gay man as both victims had their penis and face cut off.
Her loved ones explained that she was a very active person. In addition to working in styling, was dedicated to organizing birthday parties and any other type of celebrations. She stood out dancing in a group of “garotas”, so “everyone was looking for it”.
She had been the winner of the Miss Gay Venezuela contest, in which she participated in the years 2009 and 2010.
“She led the floats of Henri Falcón during the carnival, she was the first to leave with her wings (…) She was the queen of the Why Not nightclub.”
https://www.elimpulso.com/blog/2017/02/15/comunidad-lgbti-barquisimeto-exige-justicia/
http://infociudad24.com/matan-al-primer-travesti-del-ano-tiran-cadaver/
http://www.laprensalara.com.ve/?p=95367
https://www.elimpulso.com/blog/2017/03/01/balean-travesti-la-quebrada-agua-viva/
Nampuang
12 Feb 2017
Sena, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (Thailand)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Feb-2017/Nampuang
Nampuang was a sex worker. Her body was found inside a house which was undergoing construction work. She had bruises around her neck, and a stab wound to the breast.
A witness reported a teenager wearing a motorcycle helmet parked in front of the house after the incident.
https://www.khaosod.co.th/breaking-news/news_223517
https://www.dailynews.co.th/crime/556869
https://www.dailynews.co.th/regional/556508
Ányela Ramos Claros
9 Feb 2017
Garzón, Huila (Colombia)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/9-Feb-2017/Angelo Ramos
Ányela was a professional stylist. She was in her salon when she was shot in the back with a shotgun by a 21 year old man who then fled the premises before being caught by the police.
On February 9, 2017 Ányela Ramos Claros, LGBT activist, was shot in the back with a shotgun. The judge determined that it was a hate crime due to her status as a trans woman.
A judge from the Department of Huila (Colombia) - in the interior of the country - sentenced Davinson Stiven Erazo Sánchez (23) to 20 years in a psychiatric center for the femicide committed against Ányela Ramos Claros, a trans woman who was also an activist for the rights of the LGBT community.
This is the first conviction in this nation in which a judge classifies the homicide of a transsexual woman as feminicide, an aggravating circumstance that was created in 2015 with the law of Rosa Elvira Cely, who was brutally raped and murdered in Bogotá, capital of the South American country.
The organization Colombia Diversa reported that in the case of Ramos the court considered that her murder was “due to prejudice due to the gender identity of the trans woman.”
However, in the process, according to Judge Catalina Manrique, it was shown that Erazo has a mental disorder, specifically schizophrenia, which is added to drug dependence, suicide attempts due to toxic psychosis, paranoid, mystical and religious delirium. For this reason, a psychiatric institution and not a prison was established as a detention center.
http://lavozdelaregion.co/conmocion-garzon-asesinato-miembro-la-comunidad-lgbti/
Gabriele Almeida
8 Feb 2017
Montes Claros, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Cosmetic filler complications
Gabriele died as a result of a backstreet medical procedure which is commonplace amongst trans women in Latin America.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/gabrielly.almeida.50309.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/gabriela-almeida-mg-montes-claros/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1458033694269927/
Jojo Striker
Age 238 Feb 2017
Toledo, Ohio (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Feb-2017/Jojo Striker
Jojo was found dead in a garage. She had suffered a single gunshot wound to her torso.
Police found the body of JoJo Striker, 23, in an empty garage in Toledo, Ohio, on Feb. 8, WTOL reported. Striker died of a single gunshot to her torso. Police do not currently have a suspect or motive for her death.
WTOL reported that Striker's mother, Shanda Striker, believes the killing was a hate crime.
"The police told us to leave it alone but that will never happen because I will always search for my son's killer," Shanda Striker told WTOL. "This is a hate crime and it needs to stop."
Initial media reports misgendered Striker. On its Facebook page, Equality Toledo invited media to training workshops to educate them on better reporting practices.
"We are saddened to hear of the murder of JoJo Striker," Toledo wrote. "As a way to honor her life, this is a direct invitation to all media sources in the Toledo area to a workshop on how to appropriately report on the lives of the LGBT community, particularly our transgender siblings."
Phaylen Fairchild, a Toledo-area transgender woman and advocate for the community, said in a phone interview that Striker's death has shaken many of the community's young transgender women, who already feel Toledo's environment is extremely oppressive to trans women, especially trans women of color.
On Wednesday 30th March 2022, Toledo arrested and charded Antonio Scott Jr., 21.
A man was arrested Wednesday for the murder of a transgender woman five years ago.
Antonio Scott Jr., 21, has been charged with the murder of [deadname] Striker, 23, who was fatally shot on Feb. 8, 2017, Toledo police said.
Police said Ms. Striker was found with a single gunshot wound to the torso in a vacant garage in the 200 block of Austin Street in central Toledo. She was pronounced dead at the scene. At the time authorities said they believed she was killed at or near the garage.
According to Toledo police and U.S. Marshal’s Office, DNA evidence led to Scott, who was 15 when the crime occurred. He was booked into the Lucas County jail.
Name Unknown
Age 348 Feb 2017
Guaruja, São Paulo (Brazil)
Stoned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Feb-2017/N.N.
The victim was beaten on a street corner in the early hours of the morning. A blood-stained brick was found next to her body.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/nao-identificada-34-anos-apedrejada-sp-guaruja/
Name Unknown
5 Feb 2017
Ranchería la Huasteca, Municipio Centro, Tabasco (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/5-Feb-2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found by a group of people travelling to a nearby church. She had been shot several times in the head.
http://noreste.net/noticia/ejecutan-a-travesti-en-carretera-a-teapa
Ágatha Mont
Age 264 Feb 2017
Itapevi, São Paulo (Brazil)
Beaten and strangled
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-Feb-2017/Agatha Mont
Ágatha was strangled and clubbed on the head after using the girls bathroom at college and her body dumped in the street. A message left in the bathroom read “Male in a skirt, no!”.
http://planettransgender.com/the-ballad-of-agatha-mont/
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/agatha.mont. The most recent post (made by someone with access to her account) documents her death.
"I met her when I was still a kid, and without doubt she was a very cheerful, fun and friendly person, I still can’t believe in what they did with her, rest in peace agate…"
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/03/transgender-college-student-brutally.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/21635/
http://www.jornalcotiaagora.com.br/travesti-e-assassinado-no-jardim-rosemeire/
https://www.facebook.com/cristinayoko.kusano/posts/1290146737713828
Name Unknown
Age 403 Feb 2017
Recife, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Drowned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Feb-2017/N.N.
The victim was found by passersby floating in the Rio Capibaribe near the near the Paulo Guerra Bridge in Recife.
Her body showed marks of violence and her legs had been tied together. Police reported that she appeared to be about 40 years old.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/nao-identificada-asfixia-pe-recife/
https://poraqui.news/boa-viagem/corpo-encontrado-na-bacia-do-pina-e-de-uma-travesti/
https://poraqui.news/boa-viagem/corpo-e-encontrado-na-bacia-do-pina/
Paola Oliveira
Age 3030 Jan 2017
Russas, Ceará (Brazil)
Stoned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Jan-2017/Paola Oliveira
Paola was beaten to death with a piece of wood.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/01/brazil-paola-oliveira-transgender-woman.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/paola-oliveira-30-anos-pauladas-ce-russas/
http://www.monolitospost.com/2017/01/30/travesti-quixadaense-e-morta-a-pauladas-em-russas/
http://quixerenoticiass.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/cadaver-de-travestir-e-encontrado-em.html
https://blogdogeso.blogspot.com/2017/01/homossexual-de-quixada-e-morto-pauladas.html
Yescia Bloom ("La Sirena Real")
Age 2630 Jan 2017
Miami, Florida (USA)
Cosmetic filler poisoning
Yescia died of respiratory arrest. Several years earlier she had received a biopolymer injection in the buttocks and the substance had spread into her organs.
The death of the Venezuelan [trans woman] "La Sirena Real has taken place in the city of Maracaibo, it was confirmed via the social network Instagram.
The [trans woman] died early this Monday from respiratory arrest in the city of Miami, after complications due to the injection of biopolymers in the buttocks several years ago. The substance had spread through her legs and other organs including the lungs.
A comment on Instagram, points out that "She had a biopolymer abscess on her buttock, and because she didn't go to the doctor, that infection was transmitted to her lungs and after 15 days in the hospital she died this morning".
https://peru21.pe/lima/miss-venezuela-transexual-muere-inyectarse-silicona-gluteos-63385
Ágatha Lios
28 Jan 2017
Taguatinga, Distrito Federal (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/28-Jan-2017/Agatha Lios
Ágatha was stabbed by a group of four assailants (who were also trans women) after they had chased her into a postal depot. CCTV footage showed that the staff there did not attempt to prevent the attack taking place.
According to police investigations, the motive may have been jealousy. Two suspects - Lorrane Castro and Carol Andrade - were arrested on 18th July 2017 following a robbery. The third - named as Bruna - was arrested on 5 March 2018. Police are still hunting the fourth assailant - named as Samira Lopes de Castro.
On the day of the murder, Lorrane, Carol, Bruna and Samira knew that the victim was close to the area and they called an Uber to follow her. A persecution was initiated, which ended up inside a post office. The four criminals managed to contain Ágatha and stabbed her to death, then fled.
According to Erica, territorial disputes among sex workersare quite common in the region. "It's a serious and recurring problem. In fact, we already set up operations to dismantle the scheme of prostitution that happens there" she concludes.
One of Agatha’s friends related that Ágatha had never been involved in intrigues or street disputes. Vitória also states that the victim had been “expelled” from Taguatinga by one of the women responsible for the work of the trans sex workers in the city. Then the young woman would have worked for a while on the Pilot Plan and, a few days later, returned to the satellite city.
“She had been threatened several times, but wanted to stay to work, because the scene of prostitution in Taguatinga works 24 hours”
Five suspects were remanded for trial in February 2020.
The five accused of stabbing a [trans woman] in Taguatinga in the Federal District will be judged by the Jury on Monday (17). Ágatha Lios, 23 , was murdered in January 2017 inside the Correios distribution center. Security cameras recorded the crime.
According to the complaint, Carolina Andrade, Lohanny Castro, Bruna Alencar and Samira Lopes Castro - social names released by the courts - killed the victim because of a dispute over the point of prostitution. The crime was committed at the behest of Letícia Santos - identified as the head of the group.
In November 2021 all five were convicted.
Carolina Andrade was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months in prison, Lohanny Castro and Samira to 19 years, Bruna Alencar to 20 years and Letícia Oliveira Santos to 23 years.
Ágatha's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/agatha.liosii.3
https://juristas.com.br/2021/11/15/acusados-de-matar-transexual-enfrentam-juri-popular/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/01/brazil-transgender-agatha-lios-stabbed.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/agatha-lios-facadas-df-brasilia/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1403320233074607/
Silvana Fabian Pineda
Age 3428 Jan 2017
La Dorada, Caldas (Colombia)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/28-Jan-2017/Silvana Fabian Pineda
According to local reports Silvana was a drug user. She was shot 4 times from behind by assailants on a motorcycle.
Muskan
Age 2527 Jan 2017
Lahore, Punjab (Pakistan)
Throat cut
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Jan-2017/Muskan
Three boys slit her throat in her flat. They have not yet been arrested.
TvT partner organization Wajood & Facebook post, 03/02/2017
Renildo dos Santos
Age 4226 Jan 2017
Itabaianinha, Sergipe (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-Jan-2017/J. A. dos Santos
Renildo was in a home with two others, when two assailants arrived on a motorcycle and shot her 7 times. She died on the spot. One of her companions was also shot but survived.
Note that Renildo was named as “J. A. dos Santos” in the TGEU list.
http://portalalarde.com/homossexual-e-o-assassinado-dentro-de-casa-em-itabaianinha/
https://www.facebook.com/informacoespoliciais/posts/1636973892983333
Name Unknown
23 Jan 2017
Sinaloa (Mexico)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Jan-2017/N.N.
The victim’s body was found in a wasteland near a lagoon. The police also found the remains of another body (killed several months earlier) nearby.
The murder was reported on 23rd January 2017, but the date of the murder is unknown, as is the cause of death.
http://www.lineadirectaportal.com/movil/publicacion.php?id=323974 [BROKEN LINK]
Imli
Age 1921 Jan 2017
Lahore, Punjab (Pakistan)
Slit wrist
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Jan-2017/Imli
Imli’s wrist was cut by her boyfriend. He has been arrested by the police, but her family is not willing to share her photos and details on social media.
TvT partner organization Wajood & Facebook post
Vikichy
Age 2520 Jan 2017
Cali, Valle del Cauca (Colombia)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Jan-2017/Vikichy
Vikichy was stabbed twice, the first time in her chin and the second in her stomach.
http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/cali/asesinada-mujer-transgenero-en-cali-38639
Paula Fernandes (“Lady Dayana”)
Age 3419 Jan 2017
Parintins, Amazonas (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/19-Jan-2017/Lady Dyana
Paula was stabbed 13 times. Witnesses claimed that afterwards her killer sat in a bar near the square, drank a beer, smoked a cigarette and only left after he had shouted that he had just killed her.
Investigators from the clarimed that the victim was a street person, an alcoholic, and did sex work.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/01/brazil-two-transgender-women-cold.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/01/19/paula-fernandes-34-anos-facadas-am-parintins/
https://www.ojornaldailha.com/homossexual-e-assassinado-com-13-facadas-em-parintins/
Sandrão na Piraquara
19 Jan 2017
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/19-Jan-2017/Sandra
Sandrão was shot seven times while inside a car in the Realengo neighborhood in the West Zone of the city.
On a Facebook post lamenting her death, a friend wrote:
"My dear friend, I will always remember you with your joy and your advice. I will love you forever, my heart is in pieces. You are certainly in a wonderful place !! Whoever knew you today cries this loss."
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011996294979.
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2017/01/brazil-two-transgender-women-cold.html
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/01/19/sandra-tiros-dh-rj-rio-de-janeiro/
https://www.facebook.com/PadreMiguelNews/posts/804697373002135
https://jornalhorah.com.br/travesti-e-assassinada-em-realengo/
https://odia.ig.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/2017-01-19/travesti-e-executada-em-realengo.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1393972560676041/
Kristina Trance
Age 2419 Jan 2017
Voronezh (Russia)
Strangled
TDoR list ref: tgeu/19-Jan-2017/N.N.
Kristina was beaten and strangled to death in an apartment on Srednemoskovskaya Street. Her murderer then set fire to the apartment containing her body.
TvT project Bloknot Voronezh, 24.01.2017
http://bloknot-voronezh.ru/news/zhestoko-ubitym-v-tsentre-voronezha-parnem-okazals-810807
Anahí Tapia Llamas
Age 2318 Jan 2017
Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Jan-2017/Anahí Tapia Llamas
Anahí was shot and killed inside the Caudillos bar in Guadalajara. Her body was dragged into the street and found face down by municipal police with at least two gunshot wounds to the chest at around 4am.
https://www.perriodismo.com.mx/2017/01/19/asesinan-a-mujer-trans-de-colima-en-
Name Unknown
Age 2517 Jan 2017
San Salvador (El Salvador)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/17-Jan-2017/N.N.
The victim was shot in the head and her body abandoned on the road to Comalapa, in the jurisdiction of Santo Tomás, San Salvador.
According to the authorities the victim had been killed somewhere else and her body carried there to be dumped.
http://www.tn8.tv/cronica-tn8/402131-salvador-matan-travesti-tiran-cadaver-carretera/
http://elmundo.sv/hallan-cadaver-de-travesti-en-carretera-a-comalapa/
Moranguinho
15 Jan 2017
Paranaguá, Paraná (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-Jan-2017/Moranguinho
Moranguinho (“Strawberry Shortcake”) was shot at a bus stop located at Avenida Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto, in Agari Park.
https://agoralitoral.com.br/policial/travesti-e-assassinado-tiros-no-parque-agari-em-paranagua/
A. Villegas
Age 3014 Jan 2017
Quilmes, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Jan-2017/A. Villegas
A. Villegas was shot in the head by a 15 year old boy, reportedly while participating in an orgy initiated by him and his friends.
http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/jovencito-de-15-anos-asesina-travesti-luego-de-una-orgia
Name Unknown
Age 3014 Jan 2017
Magdalena Contreras, Distrito Federal (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Jan-2017/N.N.
A passer-by spotted two human feet poking out from a container. The victim was found with several contusions in her neck, supposedly caused by a cutting object.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & El Mexicano, 14.01.2017
Mierala da Silva
Age 4213 Jan 2017
Bauru, São Paulo (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Jan-2017/Mierala da Silva
Mierala was found unconscious with serious injuries to the skull, lost teeth and a fractured jaw after being badly beaten on 15th September 2016 in block 8 of the Copernicus Mall, Santa Edwirges Park.
Doctors found that she suffered a cerebral edema. She died in hospital four months later.
Her assailants have not yet been identified.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/01/06/mirela-da-silva-42-anos-espancada-sp-bauru/
Symone Marie Jones
Age 1912 Jan 2017
Fayetteville, North Carolina (USA)
Cosmetic filler poisoning
Symone died from complications resulting from an unlicenced silicone injection procedure performed in a hotel. The woman who performed the procedure was was jailed after being charged with second degree murder and accepting a manslaughter charge under a plea bargain.
Symone’s Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/symone.jones.9440.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/barry-saunders/article140168163.html
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article139644513.html
http://abc11.com/news/woman-dies-after-silicone-injection/1707161/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZcUs5R1L08
J. C. N
11 Jan 2017
Estado de Mexico (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/11-Jan-2017/J. C. N
J.C was shot 16 times while buying cellphone accessories.
https://mexico.quadratin.com.mx/acribillan-travesti-naucalpan/
Heart De Chavez
Age 2610 Jan 2017
Metro Manilla, Cavite (Philippines)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-Jan-2017/Heart De Chavez
Heart was shot by an unknown assailant believed to be connected to the police. Her body was found inside an empty house with a bullet hole in her cheek and her legs curled under her body.
The shooter casually walked away “as if nothing happened”, leaving her bleeding from her face and chest.
Fairfax Media photographer Kate Geraghty documented the case of 26-year-old transgender Heart de Chavez, which has been sent to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, as a case study of alleged police complicity in the killings. First there was an arrest and alleged police extortion. Then execution.
At the age of 14, Heart grew her hair long, started taking hormone pills and found work washing towels at a beauty parlour. When her father died when she was in her early 20s she was left to provide for her mother and two single sisters with four children. “She was very kind, generous and good,” said Heart’s sister Arriana.
But Heart’s debts grew until she started dealing in drugs last year, earning 500 pesos ($13) for each transaction. Police arrested her in January and demanded money but she couldn’t pay, her family says. At least seven masked men later burst into the plywood house in a slum where Heart and her family lived, stepping over children sleeping in a narrow hallway.
Amid the children’s screams one of the men grabbed Heart by the hair and pounded her head on a table, family members say. Heart’s 61-year-old mother Elena begged for the men not to hurt her as they dragged her out crying. “Ma, help me,” Heart screamed.
Minutes later four gunshots rang out across the neighbourhood.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/861529/transgender-on-drug-watch-list-shot-dead-in-navotas
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/158886-impunity-end-drug-war
Name Unknown
7 Jan 2017
Guerrero (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/7-Jan-2017/N.N.
The victim was shot.
https://denunciasacapulco.ml/acapulco/ejecutan-a-miembro-la-comunidad-lesbico-gaybisexual-transexual-lbgt-en-acapulco/ [BROKEN LINK]
Sean Hake
Age 236 Jan 2017
Sharon, Pennsylvania (USA)
Shot
Sean was shot by police while sitting in a car. He may have been experiencing a mental health crisis at the time.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/01/09/a-trans-man-has-been-killed-in-a-police-shooting/
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/01/media_criticized_over_pronoun.html
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/01/17/sean-hake-da-news-conference-details/
Michelle de la Cruz González
Age 606 Jan 2017
Piedras Negras, Coahuila (Mexico)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Jan-2017/Michelle de la Cruz González
Michelle’s body was found in a pool of blood in a room in the Rancho Nuevo bar. She had been beaten to death with a hammer.
https://ulisex.com/reportan-asesinato-violencia-dentro-bar-travesti/
W. H. Soares dos Santos (“Aila Fontinelle”)
Age 166 Jan 2017
Teresina, Piauí (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Jan-2017/W. H. Soares dos Santos
According to witnesses, Aila was in front of her home when two minors arrived on a motorcycle and shot her. “Everything went very fast, they gave no chance of defense to the victim, they fired and fired.”
Police suspect a revenge crime as one of the victim’s brothers is suspected of murdering a relative of the murderer.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/w-h-s-tiros-pi-teresina/
http://identidademandacaru.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/travesti-e-assassinada-por-menores-na.html
Puriwit Chanasit (Keng)
Age 286 Jan 2017
Hat Yai, Songkhla (Thailand)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Jan-2017/Puriwit Chanasit (Keng)
Keng was beaten to death.
https://www.khaosod.co.th/around-thailand/news_173182
Mesha Caldwell
Age 414 Jan 2017
Canton, Mississippi (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-Jan-2017/Mesha Caldwell
Mesha was a make-up artist. Her body was found lying in a road after she was shot everal times.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/01/06/transgender-make-up-artist-shot-dead/
L. C. Marinho
Age 334 Jan 2017
Nova Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/4-Jan-2017/L. C. Marinho
L. C.was stabbed at least 23 times in in the early hours of Wednesday night inside their home in the Vida Nova complex in the Santa Luzia neighbourhood of Nova Cruz.
According to information from relatives, at around 4:00 am neighbours heard screams coming from the house. When they opened the door they found L. C. already dead.
http://claudiolimanews.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/homem-e-morto-em-nova-cruz-na-madrugada.html
http://www.xuadoagreste.com.br/2017/01/homossexual-e-morto-com-23-facadas-em.html
http://identidademandacaru.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/homem-e-morto-em-nova-cruz-rio-grande.html
Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow
Age 28 (born 20 Jan 1988)1 Jan 2017
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (USA)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/1-Jan-2017/Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow
Jamie Lee was a two-spirit trans woman. She was found dead at home and her death is being treated as homicide.
Police in Sioux Falls are investigating the homicide of Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow, a 28-year-old two-spirit transgender woman, KSFY reports.
Wounded Arrow was found after a neighbor smelled a "strong odor" coming from her apartment Friday night, according to KSFY. Officers discovered her body there.
On Sunday, KSFY reported that police had a suspect, 25-year-old Joshua Rayvon LeClaire, in custody.
After her death, friends and loved ones shared messages about Wounded Arrow on Facebook.
According to Tamara Jeanne, the president of TransAction South Dakota, Wounded Arrow's death is the first reported transgender homicide in South Dakota. Jeanne said Wounded Arrow's death hit her pretty hard, as Wounded Arrow was in talks to join TransAction South Dakota to conduct outreach to First Nation transgender people. According to the page Sioux Falls Two-Spirit and Allies, Wounded Arrow was originally from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and belonged to the Oglala Lakota tribe.
"Our hearts are broken as we will miss her very much. So again, prayers are needed. Pilamaye," the post reads.
Joshua Rayvon LeClaire, 27, was subsequently arrested and charged with first-degree murder. In June 2018 he was sentenced to 65 years in prison.
When the investigators dug deeper into the life of Jamie Wounded Arrow, especially around the time of her murder, they found a person of interest — Joshua Rayvon LeClaire. Joshua and Jamie reportedly met each other at a Sioux Falls halfway house, after which they remained in contact. Upon looking at the security camera footage, the police noticed Jamie entering her apartment building around 8:30 pm on New Year’s Eve of 2016. Several hours later, around 3:30 am in the morning of January 1, 2017, Joshua was seen making his way into her building as well, wearing a black hoodie, white shorts, and white tennis shoes. He walked past Jamie’s apartment door. He then proceeded to walk around outside the building and tapped on her window to enter her house.
Over an hour later, around 4:40 am, Joshua left the apartment wearing the same hoodie but different pants and shoes, with another pair of shoes in his hands. During his stay, Joshua reportedly stabbed Jamie to death for reasons yet to be uncovered. In the footage, he could be seen throwing a few items into a wooded area near Jamie’s apartment, including a pair of shoes and Jamie’s wallet, both of which were covered in snow by the time the authorities got their hands on them. Reportedly, Joshua even got rid of the bloodied black hoodie in a nearby construction zone, which was also retrieved by the police. Upon testing Jamie’s body along with these recovered items, they found Joshua’s blood on Jamie and on the bloodied hoodie.
With enough incriminating evidence at their disposal, the police arrested the 27-year-old suspect, who was found at a laundromat, a couple of days after the murder. After looking into Joshua’s lengthy rap sheet, they learned that he had already served time in prison for burglary as well as simple assault. During the interview with the investigators, Joshua claimed that he was intoxicated on the night of Jamie’s murder and had blacked out for several hours, only to wake up in the morning at Meldrum Park with a cut to his hand, which was evident at the time of the interrogation.
When asked how Joshua got the cut, he alleged that Jamie struck him first when he denied her sexual advances. But one of the detectives said with experience that the cut was not of defense. Talking about the prospect of it being a hate crime, the lead detective of the case stated, “I know there’s a lot of concerns that this was a hate crime. Nothing that we’ve seen in our investigation looking at social media or the contacts confirms that for us in this point of time.”
In January 2018, over a year after Jamie’s untimely demise, Joshua Rayvon LeClaire pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the case of the transgender woman. In June of the same year, he was sentenced to 65 years in prison, with him being eligible for parole when he would complete about 65 percent of his 65 years. The family members of the victim were happy with the long sentence, while Joshua apologized for his behavior, saying, “I didn’t mean any of this,” he said. “Nobody deserves such a tragic…” After a short pause, he continued, “I’m not a bad person. This case wasn’t intentional. I wish I handled the situation differently. I ask for (another) chance at life.” Currently, he is serving his sentence behind bars at South Dakota State Penitentiary at 1600 North Drive in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
https://thecinemaholic.com/jamie-wounded-arrow-murder-where-joshua-rayvon-leclaire-now/
https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/03/arrest-made-in-jamie-lee-wounded-arrow.html
https://www.facebook.com/SF2spirit/photos/a.413037308878988/714935745355808/
Pamela Macedo Panduro
Age 291 Jan 2017
Le Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Died in custody
Pamela died in custody in Le Plata (Argentina) on 1st January 2017. Her death was the first of four (the others being Angie Velázquez Ramírez, Brandy Bardales Sangama and Damaris Becerra Jurado) during 2017 in the same area in similar suspicious circumstances.
All were Peruvian migrants and Otrans activists. Otrans reports that in the city the police routinely make arbitrary arrests of trans women. The detainees are routinely held without charge for long periods in degrading conditions without access to healthcare.
Pamela was Peruvian and worked in La Plata with the Otrans activist organisation. In 2014 she had been chosen as Miss Latin America Trans. On 9th November 2016 her home was raided and she was detained in a police station in Ensenada and referred a month later to Unit 32 of the Buenos Aires Penitentiary Service of Florencio Varela, where she was held until 23rd December 2016 when she was admitted to hospital. She died 8 days later.
“The conditions of detention end up damaging the lives of the compañeras. It is a vulnerable collective; More than 50% have chronic diseases, “said Vázquez Haro, and explained that” The standards of the Supreme Court, the province and La Plata are profoundly harsh: they do not apply the Arriola and Zambrano Judgments.”
“The first of these rulings declared unconstitutional the punishment for possession of marijuana for personal use. The second, meanwhile, showed the abusive practices of the platense police to persecute, strip and mistreat trans women while prohibiting them from being inspected on public roads and at the police station.”
http://cosecharoja.org/piden-justicia-por-miss-latinoamerica-trans-muerta-en-prision/
http://revistaeltranvia.com.ar/otrans-reclama-por-la-muerte-de-pamela-macedo-panduro/
Jake Helen
31 Dec 2016
Contagem, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/31-Dec-2016/Jake Helen
Jake was shot 5 times. Her body was found on a highway.
A friend reported her murder on Facebook.
“I just arrived at IML for the recognition of Jake Helen, who was murdered with 5 shots, on 12/31/16, in Contagem. I’m very upset because I met her and I knew her for a long time. She was a good person, incredible … Now I will not rest until her killer is in jail.”
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/jake-helen-tiros-mg-contagem/
https://www.facebook.com/dalciraferrao/posts/10210522734258095
Flávia Victoria Lima
31 Dec 2016
Sorocaba, São Paulo (Brazil)
Not reported
TDoR list ref: tgeu/31-Dec-2016/Flávia Victoria Lima
Flávia’s death was suspicious. Her death certificate recorded the cause of her death as respiratory insufficiency. However people close to her claim that it was murder.
According to Cinthia Dhabee, the victim was going to be buried as indigent, the body spent five days in the IML and the death certificate gave respiratory failure. The death is under suspicion and being investigated and hypothesized to be overdose, yet people close to the victim claim it was murder.
Her Facebook profiles are https://www.facebook.com/flaviavictoria.lima and https://www.facebook.com/flaviavictoria.limags.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil, 31/12/2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/flavia-victoria-kardashiam-a-esclarecer-sp-sorocoba/
Jenny Swift
Age 4930 Dec 2016
Doncaster, South Yorkshire (United Kingdom)
Died in custody
Jenny was found dead in custody in HMP Doncaster (a Category B men's prison). An inquest into her death ruled that she died by misadventure.
Clarke told jurors she was aware that Swift had previously tried to kill herself and that she was on suicide watch, formally known as assessment care in custody teamwork (ACCT). Swift’s ACCT plan said she had to be checked on by a prison officer every 30 minutes.
Jurors were told that Swift had been taking hormone replacement treatment (HRT) drugs she had bought over the internet before she arrived at HMP Doncaster in November, five weeks before she killed herself.
Barney Branston, the barrister for Serco, which runs HMP Doncaster, suggested to Clarke that the bullying they alleged was simply a staff member being “robust”. Clarke replied: “I get that but I still saw the way she [the prison officer] was as bullying. In my view she wasn’t very professional.”
Friends and two fellow inmates told the inquest Swift struggled without the medication and was desperate to be moved to a female prison. Clarke said Swift was very upset at no longer being on HRT drugs and had told her days before her death: “I’m starting to turn back into a man.”
Jenny's death was not included on the official TGEU TDoR 2017 list.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/inquest-death-transgender-woman-found-13831162
Kelly Manici
Age 4727 Dec 2016
San Prospero, Modena (Italy)
Stabbed
Kelly's body was found inside the Angelica Vip Club on the night of Tuesday 27th December along with that of a cisgender woman (Gabriela Altamirano, 45). Both had been stabbed and Gabriela had also been strangled.
Both were killed by Samuele Turco - Gabriela's ex-boyfriend. After killing Kelly, he then lured Gabriela to her death by sending her a text message from Kelly's phone.
Once again. Already there was a glimpse of some press indiscretion: Gabriela had left a man and he was persecuting her with phone calls, messages, chases. Gabriela had asked for help: she wanted to be left alone. Kelly was her friend. Gabriela was looking for support and defense: Kelly was willing to give her all this.
Two sides of a coin: life and affection on the one hand, and horror and death on the other.
Kelly was a very popular figure in Parmaand province. Originally from Langhirano, she had been the promoter of events and shows in several clubs of the city. Alongside her red light activity, she had animated the night life of the Emilian capital, especially during the 90s, when she promoted some of the trendiest and most loved clubs by young people, not only of the gay community. So today many people wanted to remember "the Kelly" posting a message on social media and remembering one of her irreverent jokes or even one of her many shows that, writes a friend, "had shaken from the torpor this city still too provincial".
Kelly's death was not included on the official TGEU TDoR 2017 list.
https://www.gazzettadiparma.it/blog/in-genere/402248/gabriela-e-kelly-vittime-di-femminicidio.html
Sofía Mailén Santillán
Age 2226 Dec 2016
Mercedes, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Dec-2016/Sofía Mailén Santillán
Sofia's body was found after she had been missing for 5 days. She had been beaten to death.
In November 2020 a reward was offered for information on the murder.
The Ministry of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires offers a public reward, between the sums of 750,000 and 1,000,000 pesos, to anyone who provides information aimed at clarifying the murder of Sofía Maiten Santillán, a trans woman killed on December 23, 2016 in Mercedes.
The provincial authorities recalled that “at approximately 10:10 p.m., the victim was practicing prostitution at the corner of streets 21 and 6, she was hired by a man who traveled by bicycle to maintain relations in a vacant lot of the railway, place in which after three days his body is found lifeless ”.
https://www.diarioeltiempo.com.ar/una-persona-detenida-en-mercedes-podria-estar-vinculada-al-crimen-de-sofia-santillan.html [BROKEN LINK]
https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Travesticidio-en-Mercedes-justicia-por-Sofia-Mailen-Santillan
Paula Raio Laser
Age 5022 Dec 2016
Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Dec-2016/Paula Raio Laser
Paula was shot dead at the door of her own home in the neighborhood of Couto Fernandes (Regional IV), by two men riding a motorcycle. The killers have not been identified.
A [trans woman] identified as Paula Raio Laser, 50, was shot dead last night (22) in the Couto Fernandes neighborhood (Regional IV) by two men riding a motorcycle.
Paula was executed at the door of her own house, located at Travessa Tibiriçá. After the crime, the killers fled to the Triangle community in that same neighborhood. They have not yet been identified.
According to the Military Police, Paula Raio Laser - whose identity card is named after Paulo Ayrton Gomes da Silva - was a drug user, which may have been one of the motivations of the crime. However, she had no criminal record.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & Diário do Nordeste, 23.12.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/22/paula-raio-laser-50-anos-tiros-ce-fortaleza/
Gabriel Gomes
21 Dec 2016
Goiania, Goiás (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Dec-2016/Gabriel Gomes
Gabriel Gomes and F. Braz were shot 14 times on Wednesday 21st December 2016 while riding a motorcycle through Vila Regina, Goiânia.
Initial news reports described the victims as being two women, but Trans Brasil Network verified that Gabriel at least was a trans man.
Two [people] were shot dead in Vila Regina, Goiânia, at dawn on Wednesday (21). According to preliminary information from the Military Police (PM), the two [people] were on a motorcycle when the suspects, who were in a car shot several times at the victims.
According to the police the motorcycle passenger was the first to be hit and fell from the vehicle. Then the motorcycle rider was also hit. The two victims died at the scene from their injuries.
A witness reported hearing about 15 shots.
Gabriel's Facebook account is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010877866961.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & G1 Goias, 21.12.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/21/gabriel-gomes-tiros-dih-go-goiania/
https://www.emaisgoias.com.br/duas-mulheres-sao-mortas-a-tiros-na-vila-regina-em-goiania/
http://www.nlucon.com/2016/12/dois-homens-trans-sao-mortos-tiros.html
F. Braz
21 Dec 2016
Goiania, Goiás (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Dec-2016/F. Braz
F. Braz and Gabriel Gomes were shot 14 times on Wednesday 21st December 2016 while riding a motorcycle through Vila Regina, Goiânia.
Initial news reports described the victims as being two women, but Trans Brasil Network verified that Gabriel at least was a trans man.
Two [people] were shot dead in Vila Regina, Goiânia, at dawn on Wednesday (21). According to preliminary information from the Military Police (PM), the two [people] were on a motorcycle when the suspects, who were in a car shot several times at the victims.
According to the police the motorcycle passenger was the first to be hit and fell from the vehicle. Then the motorcycle rider was also hit. The two victims died at the scene from their injuries.
A witness reported hearing about 15 shots.
F.'s Facebook account is https://www.facebook.com/fabiana.braz.7509.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & G1 Goias, 21.12.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/21/fabiana-braz-tiros-dih-go-goiania/
https://www.emaisgoias.com.br/duas-mulheres-sao-mortas-a-tiros-na-vila-regina-em-goiania/
http://www.nlucon.com/2016/12/dois-homens-trans-sao-mortos-tiros.html
India Monroe
Age 2921 Dec 2016
Newport News, Virginia (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Dec-2016/India Monroe
India died at home from multiple gunshot wounds. There was no sign of forced entry.
https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2017/1/06/virginia-woman-27th-trans-person-murdered-2016
W. Fabricio Ponce
20 Dec 2016
Sancán, Manabi (Ecuador)
Tortured
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Dec-2016/W. Fabricio Ponce
On 20th December 20th three LGBT people were tortured, killed and their bodies incinerated inside a car.
Pagina facebook Octubre Trans en la Voz de sus Protagonistas & https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1346145425460708&id=340286619379932, 18.01.2017
http://www.teleamazonas.com/2016/12/macabro-hallazgo-tres-cuerpos-calcinados-manabi/
J. R. T. Gomes
Age 2818 Dec 2016
Crato, Ceará (Brazil)
Stoned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Dec-2016/J. R. T. Gomes
The victim was found stoned to death inside a graveyard.
Reported by TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & Blog do Gesso 18/12/2016
D. de Souza
Age 2317 Dec 2016
Campos, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/17-Dec-2016/D. de Souza
D. was found lying dead on the ground with gunshot wounds to the neck and back.
A young [woman] was murdered at dawn on Friday (16) with at least four shots. The crime occurred around 00h20 at Rua Aldenor Alves dos Santos, in Santa Helena Park, Guarus, Campos.
According to police, arriving at the scene, the victim identified as [deadname] de Souza, 23, was lying dead on the ground. The victim had gunshot marks on his neck and back. Four 38-gauge shell casings were found at the scene. According to the PM, the victim would be a transvestite.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & Naldinho da Rádio, 17.12.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/16/d-de-souza-23-anos-tiros-rj-campos/
https://www.campos24horas.com.br/noticia/travesti-e-assassinado-tiros-no-pq-santa-helena
http://www.nfnoticias.com.br/noticia-3442/travesti-e-assassinada-a-tiros-no-parque-santa-helena
Sendi
17 Dec 2016
Istanbul (Turkey)
Stabbed
Sendi was stabbed in her house in the Cihangir neighborhood of the Beyoglu district by a man pretending to be a customer.
According to the Istanbul LGBTI Association, she was a transgender woman who lost her family in the Syrian war and was working in a bar near Taksim Square.
Istanbul LGBTI activist Kivilcim Arat who met with her four days before her murder stated to KaosGL.org that:
“We interviewed with about fifteen Syrian refugee sex worker, transgender women. Sendi was one of these women. All refugee transgender women complain of two things: intense police and 'community' violence. No documents are given to the refugees because of a recent problem in the system. The system is down. Having a legal status is the basic demand of transgender women. Actually, we met with Sendi because of this issue. We planned to give legal advice to her.”
Note that some of the news reports name Sendi as "Werde".
Her death was not included on the official TGEU TDoR 2017 list.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-transsexual-woman-killed-in-istanbul-107568
https://www.evrensel.net/haber/300546/istanbulda-nefret-cinayeti-suriyeli-trans-kadin-katledildi
http://kaosgl.org/page.php?id=22676
https://web.archive.org/web/20180828165312/http://www.pembehayat.org/haberler.php?id=1383
https://web.archive.org/web/20180828165309/http://www.pembehayat.org/haberler.php?id=1382
Vasu Swamy
16 Dec 2016
Bangalore, Karnataka (India)
Not reported
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-Dec-2016/Vasu Swamy
According to community reports six former clients have been arrested.
Reported by TvT partner organisation APTN & https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=431052137283834&set=pb.100011371556957.-2207520000.1483509471.&type=3&theater
Gabi Aquino de Godoy
Age 1714 Dec 2016
Curitiba, Paraná (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Dec-2016/G. Aquino de Godoy
Gabi was found dead in the street in Fazenda Rio Grande, in the metropolitan region of Curitiba. She had been shot in the head.
A 17-year-old [girl] was shot dead on Tuesday night (13) at Fazenda Rio Grande, in the Curitiba Metropolitan Region.
The victim, [deadname] Aquino de Godoy, was a [trans woman]. Witnesses called the Military Police after hearing several shots and also after a person passing by Gambia Street in the Nations Quarter saw a [woman] lying on the floor with injuries.
No other information was passed on to the police officers at the scene. The area where the crime took place is dimly lit and no one saw the killers.
The victim was hit in the head and died before receiving medical attention.
Marlon Braz Vieira, 19, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of her murder.
TvT partner organization Rede Trans Brasil & Tribuna, 14.12.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/g-a-de-godoy-17-anos-tiros-pr-curitiba/
http://www.bandab.com.br/seguranca/travesti-de-17-anos-e-assassinada-a-tiros-na-grande-curitiba/
Carolina Romero Gurimendi
Age 3413 Dec 2016
Genoa, Liguria (Italy)
Not reported
Carolina's body was found in her apartment wrapped in a bloodstained blanket. The cause of her death was not reported.
Her name was Carolina, she was 34 and her body was found lifeless yesterday in her apartment [on via del Cipresso in Lagaccio] in Genoa. The hypothesis that the investigators are working on is that it was a murder, even though there are no signs of violence on the body that would suggest a fight. Carolina, in fact, was found wrapped in a psorca blanket of blood and, apparently, her death dates back to a few days ago. At the moment there is no hypothesis about who could be the potential killer or the possible motive.
Unfortunately, it is yet another case of a trans person (perhaps) killed in Italy in 2016, even if it is not yet possible to say what the matrix of the murder is. For Carolina, however, there seems to be no peace even when she is dead . In fact, the usual contempt for the dignity of a person who is no longer able to defend herself is taking place on her skin.
Because Carolina was a trans and came from Ecuador. The usual, we said, because by now it is a sad refrain which it seems we cannot put an end to. Many local news sites, in fact, report the news talking about "a transsexual" or even "a man" . The fact that Carolina's photo clearly portrays a woman did not raise the slightest doubt, to those who wrote articles and titles, about the genre to use when talking about the case that concerns her. Transsexual, moreover a prostitute according to some sources (denied by a relative according to whom, instead, she was a caregiver), Carolina does not deserve the minimum respect that is due to every human being, the one that requires us to talk about peoplerespecting the gender they feel they belong to , avoiding disseminating details that are not only not functional to the news, but which in the case of trans people turn into a humiliating violation of privacy.
Carolina's death was not recorded on the TDoR 2017 memorial list released by Transgender Europe (TGEU) in November 2017.
https://www.gaypost.it/carolina-trans-morta-genova-negata-dignita
https://www.fanpage.it/omicidi-trans-in-italia-il-record-di-vittime-in-europa/
http://www.genovatoday.it/cronaca/carolina-autopsia.html
Ying
Age 2813 Dec 2016
Nakhon Pathom (Thailand)
Suffocated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Dec-2016/Ying
Ying's body was found naked and face down to the floor. The perpetrators had criminal records, and one of them may have been involved in an affair with the victim’s girlfriend.
Reported by TvT partner organisation APTN & Manager, 13.12.2016
R. da Silva de Sá
Age 4410 Dec 2016
Maceió, Alagoas (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-Dec-2016/R. da Silva de Sá
R. was killed inside a bar with three gunshots in the area of the head. The perpetrator has not yet been identified by police.
44-year-old victim was killed inside a bar with three gunshots to the head region. The executioner, however, was not identified by the police.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Alagoas 24 Horas, 10.12.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/r-s-de-sa-44-anos-tiros-1o-bpm-al-maceio/
https://www.facebook.com/alagoasnoticiasnaweb/posts/998017046970541:0 [BROKEN LINK]
Will Rhillary Silva
Age 187 Dec 2016
Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/7-Dec-2016/Will Rhillary Silva
Will was one of three victims shot and killed while standing in front of a snack bar when at least three men in a vehicle approached and opened fire.
Behind curtains and ajar windows, residents of Viamão's Rua Valter Faller were peering suspiciously at the movement of vehicles and people on Wednesday. Fear, which had been building in the Santa Cecilia neighborhood for weeks because of constant gunfire, intensified after a night before last night when three people were shot on the public road with a 12-gauge shotgun, 9mm pistol and even a rifle. The victims were standing in front of a snack bar when at least three men in a vehicle approached and opened fire, killing the trio on the spot.
Will's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/dyynho.ricardo.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & ZHPOLICIA, 07.12.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/will-rhillary-silva-18-anos-tiros-rs-viamao/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1317409061665725/
Melissa Souza
Age 277 Dec 2016
Realengo, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/7-Dec-2016/N.N.
Melissa's body was found by military police shot dead in the street in Rua Dr. Lessa, in the Realengo neighborhood of the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
Rio - A family from Manaus, Amazonas, lives a race against time in Rio to at least try to give a more dignified “rest” to a loved one buried as an indigent. Relatives of the [trans woman] Melissa were looking for information about her when they found in a Facebook group someone with the same characteristics was killed with five shots in Realengo, in Rio's West Zone. The Homicide Police confirmed the case. Relatives have relocated to solve the problem, but are barred by bureaucracy and the only employee who is never on the job. "It is our right to bury, but the lack of employees here does not allow it," said Fabiana de Souza, 33.
The family could not get the necessary documentation in time and Melissa was buried as a pauper on December 28 last year at Santa Cruz Cemetery. She and her mother, Ivaneide Marques, are staying at the relatives house in Guadeloupe. The crime occurred on December 7th.
According to her sister, the case needs to be investigated. “We believe in homophobia crime. She went to Sao Paulo for nose surgery and the day before had argued with her ex-boyfriend. I've heard that it was a feud with another [trans woman], ” she said. "We are not sure what happened," she added.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/melissa-souza-27-anos-tiros-rj-rio-de-janeiro/
https://padremiguelnews.blogspot.com/2016/12/travesti-e-assassinado-tiros-em-realengo.html
https://www.facebook.com/PadreMiguelNews/posts/781750245296848
Andrea González
Age 206 Dec 2016
Ciudad del Este, Alto Parana (Paraguay)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/6-Dec-2016/N.N.
Andrea was shot 8 times in the chest at around 10pm on Tuesday 6th December on Avenida San Blas in Ciudad del Este.
Andrea was a trans woman, she was 20 years old, she lived with her family in a humble neighborhood of Ciudad del Este and suffered from a disability that prevented her from listening and speaking. She survived by sex work on San Blas Avenue, along with other trans women who, like her, are excluded from the labor market. That night there were other compañeras nearby, and thanks to their testimony, the crime scene was reconstructed.
That night in December, around 10:30 p.m., a man in a white vehicle approached her. He lowered the window of the car and, without saying a word, began to shoot at her. She received eight bullet wounds and fell dead on the spot.
“They kill us because we are trans women, they kill us out of hatred, they kill us because they do not forgive us for having disobeyed their guidelines and their roles, they kill us because they know they are in a country that does not have the tools to protect us”
Several days after the murder a client, Narciso Melgarejo, was arrested and charged with intentional homicide.
https://www.hoy.com.py/nacionales/hombre-es-detenido-por-asesinato-de-travestido
http://www.ultimahora.com/panambi-califico-asesinato-travesti-como-crimen-odio-n1045965.html
http://www.ultimahora.com/travesti-fallecio-recibir-seis-disparos-n1045893.html
M. Dias Machado
Age 233 Dec 2016
Pontal do Parana, Paraná (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Dec-2016/M. Dias Machado
M. was shot dead at a bus stop. When the police arrived, they found them dead in a pool of blood, having been shot at least 3 times in the head and armpit.
On Saturday morning (3), around 6:00 am, the military police of Pontal do Paraná were called in to respond to a firearm shooting situation at the city entrance.
People who were in a gas station, installed on PR-407, clover access to the municipality, heard at least 3 shots.
When the teams arrived, they found lying in a pool of blood at a bus stop, a dead [trans woman], shot at least 3 times, that hit the head and armpit.
Undocumented, the young [woman] wore women's underwear and a pink dress.
A relative of the victim sought the IML in Paranaguá and identified the murdered young man, [deadname] Dias Machado, 23.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Ilha do Mel FM 03/12/2016
http://www.plugadosnanoticia.com/2016/12/travesti-e-encontrado-morto-no-sitio.html
http://ilhadomelfm.com.br/travesti-e-assassinado-a-tiros-em-pontal-do-parana/
http://miroferraznews.com.br/2016/12/03/assassinato-brutal-e-registrado-em-pontal-do-parana/ [BROKEN LINK]
Bel Ziza
2 Dec 2016
Guarabira, Paraíba (Brazil)
Asphyxiated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Dec-2016/N/N.
Bel's body was found naked from the waist down in a vacant lot early on Friday 2nd December. It is suspected that she was killed by asphyxiation.
She was found lifeless early Friday morning, 2, the body of a trans woman in the vicinity of the former Company Paraibana de Rafia, in the Itamatay Site in Guarabira. The victim was identified as Bel Ziza, and who always frequented the vicinity of the municipal bus terminal.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Informações Policiais e Portal correio 02/12/2016
http://www.plugadosnanoticia.com/2016/12/travesti-e-encontrado-morto-no-sitio.html
https://www.facebook.com/cajazeirasgesso/photos/a.1438623643051053/1861363480777065/?type=3&theater
Marilia Lamdi
Age 361 Dec 2016
Várzea Paulista, São Paulo (Brazil)
Suicide
Marilia died by suicide.
Mystery marks Marília's death
Itatiba delegate, Doctor Marco Antônio, determined the city's investigators to find out the causes of the death of Marilia Lima Landi, aged 36, which took place on Thursday afternoon.
According to neighbors, in the middle of the afternoon Marília fell from the 8th floor of a building where she resided, in the neighborhood of Santo Antônio. Her body was sent to the Jundiaí Legal Medical Institute (IML).
Marília was transgender.
Marilia's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011854537276.
https://www.facebook.com/jornaldaregiao1/posts/1102746499838750:0
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1308651139208184/
Alejandro Polanco Botero
Age 3730 Nov 2016
Pereira, Risaralda (Colombia)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Nov-2016/Alejandro Polanco Botero
Alejandro was a lawyer. He was shot in the head 4 times by a hitman while opening a car door for his assistant.
Dandara
28 Nov 2016
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/28-Nov-2016/Dandara
Dandara was reportedly shot in the head by a client on a motorcycle.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & GGB, 28.11.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/28/dandara-tiros-rn-natal/
https://www.facebook.com/jacqueline.oliveira.7902/posts/1048262365283185
Patricia Araujo
27 Nov 2016
São Paulo (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Nov-2016/Patricia Araujo
Patricia was shot in the head on Avenida João XXIII - Vila Formosa at dawn on Friday 25th November.
Patricia's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/patricia.araujodasilva.5832.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1161998623895797&set=gm.688568817984713&type=3&theater [T-Girl World] 27/11/2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/patricia-araujo-assassinato-sp-sao-paulo/
https://www.facebook.com/TRAVESTISeTRANSEXUAISbrasileiras/posts/1164233133668090:0
https://web.archive.org/web/20170331234505/http://redetransbrasil.org/assassinatos.html
Michele Rios
26 Nov 2016
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-Nov-2016/Michele Rios
Michele was murdered inside her own house. No other details are known.
Her Facebook profile is at https://www.facebook.com/michele.rios.5680.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil
https://web.archive.org/web/20170331234505/http://redetransbrasil.org/assassinatos.html
Madeleine Delbom
Age 6224 Nov 2016
Långshyttan, Hedemora, Dalarna (Sweden)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Nov-2016/Madeleine Delbom
Madeleine was strangled and stabbed to death by a group of people who owed money to her after being lured to a remote location for a barbecue.
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/krim/article23932335.ab
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/de-doms-for-mordet-pa-madeleine-i-langshyttan/
Paola Bracho
Age 2524 Nov 2016
Manaus, Amazonas (Brazil)
Suffocated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Nov-2016/Paola Bracho
Paola was killed by three men who took her into a room, suffocated her with tape and fled with cell phones and money.
The transvestite [deadname] Silveira Mamede, 25, better known as “Paola Bracho”, was killed by strangulation inside her house, at Rua da Paz, Crespo neighborhood in the South Zone of Manaus. The crime occurred around 5:30 pm on Thursday (24).
According to her family, the perpetrators of the murder are three boys who have been staying with the victim since last Tuesday (22). “They were living there with her, but we only knew them by sight. After killing [Paola], the three fled, ”said the victim's sister Karen Bianca Mamede.
Friends of “Paola” said that before committing the crime, the trio went to the victim's mother's house with her to eat. Two of the perpetrators were named as Bruno and Jhonny - a third party has not yet been identified.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Expresso AM, 24.11.2016
https://expressoam.com/conhecida-como-paola-bracho-travesti-e-assassinado-no-bairro-crespo/
Hannia Camacho Rodriguez
Age 3023 Nov 2016
Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Nov-2016/Hannia Camacho Rodriguez
Hannia was shot three times in the chest outside the "El Senderito" bar in Ciudad Victoria at about 3am.
Her killer was a man who had argued with her earlier in the evening. He left and later returned, shooting her at point-blank range and then fleeing on a motorcycle.
She was taken immediately by a friend to the General Hospital of Tamaulipas, where she died from her injuries.
Hannia was part of a soccer team and last June he participated in the National Gay Soccer competition, in which her team won third place. She had received several medals and trophies for her sporting performance.
http://desastre.mx/mexico/asesinan-a-mujer-trans-futbolista-en-tamaulipas/
https://www.proceso.com.mx/463959/asesinan-a-campeona-trans-futbol-en-ciudad-victoria
E. J. Pereira Gomes
Age 2621 Nov 2016
Guarus, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Oct-2016/Juninho da Mangueira
E. was shot 5 times at some time during the night. Her body was found by residents in the morning.
According to police reports, the girl was reportedly shot at least five times during the night. The body was removed to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Campos. The case was registered at the 146th PD / Guarus, where so far no one has been arrested.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Click Campos
https://nlucon.com/2016/11/23/travesti-de-26-anos-e-assassinada-em-campos-dos-goytacazes-rj/
https://web.archive.org/web/20170109025434/http://redetransbrasil.org:80/assassinatos.html
Name Unknown
20 Nov 2016
San Salvador (El Salvador)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/20-Oct-2016/N.N.
The victim was found beaten to death on the street.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & La Pagina, 20.11.2016
Evelyn Zulma
18 Nov 2016
Guatemala
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Oct-2016/Evelyn Zulma
Evelyn was murdered inside her home. She was an activist of the OTRANS organisation and had interim protective measures from a case in which she had intervened.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Noticias Terra, 03.12.2016
Munich Oliveira Moreno
18 Nov 2016
Osasco, São Paulo (Brazil)
Not reported
TDoR list ref: tgeu/18-Oct-2016/Munich Oliveira Moreno
We don’t know what happened to Munich, but some details were apparently posted to Facebook by a friend.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Facebook Gustavo Augusto Costa, 18.11.2016
Celeste
Age 3516 Nov 2016
Córdoba (Argentina)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-Nov-2016/Celeste
Celeste was found by neighbours on the street with multiple wounds in her arms and legs. She was taken to the hospital but died there.
Before losing consciousness she gave her name as “Celeste”, but her full identity is unknown.
Rafael Guilherme Silva Pereira
16 Nov 2016
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/16-Nov-2016/Rafael Guilherme Silva Pereira
Rafael was shot several times.
Near midnight, a [trans man] was shot to death in Lomba do Pinheiro, in the eastern part of the city. The victim was identified as [deadname] Silva Pereira, who used the social name of Rafael and had a criminal record. The body had several gunshot wounds.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G1 Rio Grande do Sul, 16.11.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/rafael-guilherme-silva-pereira-tiros-rs-porto-alegre/
Niurkeli Carguaitongo
Age 3312 Nov 2016
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique (France)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/Nov-2016/Niurkeli
Niurkeli (also known as Niurka) was an Ecuadorian sex worker who disappeared after travelling from Paris to Nantes on 15th October 2016. On 21st October her colleague reported her disappearance to the police in Nantes, and her death was confirmed on 12th November.
Niurkeli’s friends found a piece of paper with the phone number of the person they suspected had murdered her and gave the number to the police.
Strass (Syndicat du TRAvail Sexuel or the Syndicate of Sex Workers) condemned her murder:
http://strass-syndicat.org/le-strass/qui-sommes-nous/
"Since 2014, Niurka suffered from precarious and deteriorating working conditions in Paris and had to travel regularly to the provinces to maintain her income levels. We attribute the circumstances of her death to a context in which sex workers are forced to take more and more risks by traveling to increasingly insecure and insecure places.
"We are tired of the deaths of our colleagues succeeding one another in general indifference and demanding that justice be done. Niurka lived in Paris with her mother, who always supported and respected her, and it was she who asked STRASS for us to be a civil party during the trial, which we will do."
http://strass-syndicat.org/justice-pour-niurkeli-assassinee/
https://www.lepotcommun.fr/pot/
Day Azevedo
10 Nov 2016
Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-Nov-2016/Day Azevedo
Day was shot 9 times while travelling on a motorcycle and died from internal bleeding. He also went by the name Day Mininão.
The trans-man Day Azevedo was killed with nine shots last Thursday (10) in Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte. He was a motorcycle taxi driver, lived in a hostel, and was also known as Day Mininão.
According to local media, Day was in Samanáu neighborhood with a woman - identified as Ana Paula - when he was approached by the killers. The two fell in front of the Fire Department, where Day was shot with more than six times The victim was rescued by the SAMU team and sent by ambulance to Natal, but along the way he had complications and was admitted to the hospital of Currais Novos. Ana suffered no gunshot wounds, but is under observation.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Caiaco digital.com, 10.11.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/09/day-azevedo-tiros-rn-caico/
http://www.nlucon.com/2016/11/homem-trans-day-azevedo-e-assassinado.html
http://www.plantaocaico.com.br/2016/11/morre-caicoense-vitima-de-tiros-na.html
https://www.reporterserido.com/2016/11/morre-albergada-caicoense-vitima-de.html
Tara
Age 289 Nov 2016
Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)
Burned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/9-Nov-2016/Tara
Tara was was found severely burnt outside of a police station. She died in hospital.
Police had stopped her the night before and accused her of soliciting sex work while she charged her phone at a 24-hour store. They confiscated her phone and the keys to her vehicle. According to a friend, when she argued she was assaulted and taken to the police station for questioning, where they allegedly assaulted her again.
The local community believes that the police were responsible for burning her to death.
TvT partner organisation APTN & The News Minute, 21.08.2016
Pitty
8 Nov 2016
Paragominas, Pará (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Nov-2016/Pitty
Pitty was stabbed 15 times at around 5:30am on Tuesday 8th November.
In the municipality of Paragominas in the southeast of Pará dawn on Tuesday (8) began bloodily with the death of a [trans woman].
According to information gathered, the victim was known as “Pitty” and was stabbed to death in the Nagibão neighborhood at around 5:30 am.
Police are conducting investigations to reach those responsible for the crime.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Diario on line, 08.11.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/pity-facadas-pa-paragominas/
https://transfofa.blogspot.com/2016/11/portugal-20-anos-depois-lara-crespo-o.html
https://jorgequadros.com.br/paragominas-travesti-assassinado-facadas-no-bairro-nagibao/ [BROKEN LINK]
Alynda Leitte
Age 297 Nov 2016
Manaus, Amazonas (Brazil)
Suffocated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/7-Nov-2016/Alynda Leite
Alynda was suffocated with a sheet and found by her sister. A neighbour said she had been seen with a tall white man.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/alynda.leitte.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Amazonas ao vivo.com, 07.11.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/alynda-leite-29-anos-asfixia-am-manaus/
http://www.portalatualizado.tv/2016/11/transsexual-alynda-leitte-e-assassinada.html [BROKEN LINK]
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1279708855435746/
Name Unknown
7 Nov 2016
Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)
Run-over by car
TDoR list ref: tgeu/7-Nov-2016/N.N.
The victim was run over on a a bridge in the Escandón neighborhood, Miguel Hidalgo delegation. The vehicle responsible failed to stop.
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2016/11/07/1126744
Noony Norwood
Age 305 Nov 2016
Richmond, Virginia (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/5-Nov-2016/Noony Norwood
Noony was shot. She died in hospital the next day.
https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/11/08/transgender-woman-shot-death-virginia
http://virginiaavp.org/vavp-community-alert-noony-norwood/
Lorena
3 Nov 2016
Arapiraca, Alagoas (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Nov-2016/Lorena
Lorena was shot several times outside a bar on Rua Antônio Pituba in the Ouro Preto neighborhood of Arapiraca. She died at the scene.
A [trans woman] was murdered on the morning of Thursday (3), near a bar, on Rua Antônio Pituba, in the neighborhood of Ouro Preto, Arapiraca. According to the first reports, the victim identified only as Lorena, was hit by several gunshots and died at the scene.
Lorena had a knife around her waist and, according to folk, practiced small thefts in the area. One of them would have happened minutes before being hit by the shots, which hit her head and leg.
The Mobile Emergency Response Service (Samu) was called, but the victim died on the spot.
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/lorena-tiros-al-arapiraca/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2016/12/lgbt-people-killed-in-brazil-oct-17-to.html
http://www.alagoas24horas.com.br/1012249/travesti-e-morta-tiros-proximo-bar-em-arapiraca/
I. M. de Sousa
Age 183 Nov 2016
Guarus, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Nov-2016/I.M. de Sousa
I. was shot in the back and chest on the banks of the Paraíba river in Campos dos Goytacazes. A 16 year old suspect was detained by the police.
A [trans woman] was shot dead in Campos. The crime occurred on the banks of the Paraiba River and victim was shot twice, once in the back and once in the chest. A murder suspect, the 16-year-old JJMC, was arrested by military police. A revolver with three shell casings ammunition was found buried after the minor revealed the spot to the police.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Identidade Mandacaru, 03.11.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/i-m-de-sousa-18-anos-tiros-rj-campos-dos-goytacazes/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2016/12/lgbt-people-killed-in-brazil-oct-17-to.html
Name Unknown
3 Nov 2016
São Carlos, São Paulo (Brazil)
Murdered
TDoR list ref: tgeu/3-Nov-2016/N.N.
The victim’s body was found in woods in a state of decomposition. Her arms and legs had been tied.
An unidentified body was found late Thursday (3), in a forest between Jardim Ipanema and campus II of the University of São Paulo (USP), in São Carlos .
According to police, a person passing by spotted the half-naked corpse and called 190. When the team arrived, they found that the body was tied up and in an advanced state of decomposition.
The Technical-Scientific Police and the delegate on duty were called to analyze the area and the body was taken to the Legal Medical Institute (IML).
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Sao Carlos agora.com.br, 03.11.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/nao-identificada-a-esclarecer-sp-sao-carlos/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2016/12/lgbt-people-killed-in-brazil-oct-17-to.html
Lili
2 Nov 2016
Laranjeiras, Sergipe (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Nov-2016/Lili
Lili was shot dead on the night of 2nd November. She was a corn seller.
Murder in the city of Laranjeiras last night 02/11/2016.
According to information, the victim was a corn seller in Areia Branca [and a trans woman].
Note that it is possible that the photo included in this report may not be the same person, as it also appears in two reports (e.g. http://www.gilsondeoliveira.com.br/noticia/10445/adolescentes-sao-mortos-com-emprego-de-arma-de-fogo-na-regiao-sul-de-sergipe) about the murder of Tâmara Natalia Gomes dos Santos, 16, and José Mateus de Oliveira Santos, 15, inside a residence in Arauá, around 90km away.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Informações Policiais e Astra LGBT / SE, 02.11.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/20284/
https://www.facebook.com/informacoespoliciais/posts/1501955406485183
https://web.archive.org/web/20170331234505/http://redetransbrasil.org/assassinatos.html
Mayla Gonzales
Age 251 Nov 2016
Isabela (Philippines)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/1-Nov-2016/Mayla Gonzales
The suspects thought Mayla was a cisgender female and became mad when they found out that she was trans. Her skull was smashed with a 2x2 wooden beam.
TvT partner organisation APTN & Philstar, 09.11.2016
Jenifer Pinto Toledo
Age 2731 Oct 2016
Camboriú, Santa Catarina (Brazil)
Suffocated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/31-Oct-2016/Jenifer Pinto Toledo
Jenifer was strangled at home after an argument. When police officers entered the home they found her lying on the ground with a belt wrapped around her neck.
A 27-year-old [trans woman] was found dead after an argument in an apartment on Rua 1.600, on the corner of Avenida Brasil in the Balneario Camboriu Center on Monday night (31).
The Military Police were called to respond to verbal friction and aggression around 8:30 pm. The applicant reported that he was hearing two [people] arguing and assaulting each other in an apartment above his own and decided to call the PM.
At the scene, the police entered the residence and came across the victim lying on the floor with a belt wrapped around her neck. SAMU was in the room and confirmed the death of [deadname] Pinto Toledo.
Witnesses said that a suspect in shorts had left with blood marks on their clothes, and neighbors had also witnessed a number of men coming to the the apartment during the day.
Jenifer's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/jenyfer.rios.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G1 MG, 29.10.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/cristian-pinto-toledo-27-anos-asfixia-sc-camboriu/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2016/12/lgbt-people-killed-in-brazil-oct-17-to.html
Raina Aliev
Age 2531 Oct 2016
Moscow (Russia)
Stabbed
Raina was hacked to death and dismembered just three days after marrying her boyfriend. Her own father had publicly called for her murder on television, and although Raina had reported the threat against her to the police, they had done nothing.
A young Muslim trans woman was murdered by dismemberment in Russia days after marrying a man and seeing her father go on a TV channel to ask: "Bring my son here and kill him in front of me."
[Deadname] Aliev, 25, became Raina after [reassignment surgery] in Moscow a month ago. A few days later she married a guy, also of Muslim origin, identified only as Victor.
The crime occurred after the young woman's father, Alimshaikh Aliev, discovered Raina's plans. Later, in an interview with a local radio station, he said: "They can kill [her], I don't want to see [her]."
Raina was originally from Dagestan, a region with a strong Islamic ancestry located between the Caspian Sea and Chechnya in Russia. According to information from the Russian television channel "REN TV", Raina was already discriminated against for her sexual orientation, which was aggravated by her decision to [transition].
Speaking to some of Raina's family's neighbours in Dagestan, the broadcaster reported that the young woman's father had suffered a stroke when he found out about his daughter's surgery, which took place in Moscow.
"She betrayed him. She went to Moscow, underwent surgery and turned from a boy into a girl," said a neighbour. Moscow police are investigating the case and have not yet identified any suspects in the crime.
Raina’s murder was not recorded in the official TDoR 2017 list released by Transgender Europe (TGEU) in November 2017.
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/transgender-muslim-woman-hacked-death-russia-days-marrying-man
https://www.ridus.ru/news/235026
https://dni.ru/regions/2016/10/31/352308.html
https://www.eg.ru/society/57817/
Bellah Soosa
30 Oct 2016
Cariré, Ceará (Brazil)
Run over
TDoR list ref: tgeu/30-Oct-2016/Bellah Soosa
Bella was found dead in the early hours of 30th October on the edge of Highway 183.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Sobral 24 Horas, 30.10.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/bellah-soosa-a-esclarecer-carire-ce/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2016/12/lgbt-people-killed-in-brazil-oct-17-to.html
http://www.sobral24horas.com/2016/10/misterio-homossexual-e-encontrado-morto.html
http://freelance24horas.blogspot.com.br/2016/10/misterio-homossexual-e-encontrado-morto.html
http://www.reporterfranciscojose.com.br/2016/10/misterio-homessual-e-encontrado-morto.html
A. Soto Mena ("La Jana")
Age 2929 Oct 2016
Iguala, Guerrero (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/29-Oct-2016/N.N./Guerrero
La Jana sold fruit during the day and was a sex worker by night. She was found stabbed to death at 4am on Saturday 29th October.
La Jana was unidentified in the official TDoR 2017 list released by Transgender Europe (TGEU) in November 2017.
Charles Knowles
Age 1629 Oct 2016
South Portland, Maine (USA)
Suicide
Charles died by suicide while incarcerated in a youth prison. Five years after his death, the Maine Department of Corrections paid to settle a wrongful death lawsuit by his mother.
The mother of a transgender teen who died by suicide while incarcerated at Maine’s youth prison nearly 4 1/2 years ago has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the Maine Department of Corrections for $225,000.
Michelle Knowles of North Vassalboro sued the department in April in U.S. District Court in Portland, alleging that despite suicide threats and attempts, staff at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland showed deliberate indifference to the serious risk that her 16-year-old son would injure himself by placing him in a cell that was neither suicide-resistant nor free of protrusions.
Charles Maise Knowles was [assigned female at birth] but identified as male. Long Creek staff found him dead in his cell on Oct. 29, 2016. He had been incarcerated at the facility since Aug. 18, 2016.
His death sparked a series of investigations into conditions at Maine’s only juvenile prison and calls for the facility’s closure. The most recent report, issued earlier this month, showed that Long Creek has failed to address issues that have plagued the facility for years. It was the third time in four years that the Center for Children’s Law and Policy, based in Washington, D.C., has investigated the conditions there.
The latest report came at the urging of a watchdog group that sounded the alarm in September over violent incidents. The report urged the state to implement some of previous recommendations, namely hiring enough of the right staff to run a safe, humane prison.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2021/12/23/suit-settled-over-trans-teens-suicide-at-detention-center/
https://news.yahoo.com/mom-transgender-teen-died-long-010800764.html
https://ktar.com/story/4817556/suit-settled-over-trans-teens-suicide-at-detention-center/
https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-maine-suicides-df87ad2cb28e5c16635260d8c3c09e09
https://www.startribune.com/suit-settled-over-trans-teens-suicide-at-detention-center/600129917/
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/12/23/suit-settled-over-trans-teens-suicide-at-detention-center/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/suit-settled-trans-teens-suicide-detention-center-81918831
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/suit-settled-over/JWMPZBSRXZJWOQ5UFTUMZ25UO4/
https://news.yahoo.com/suit-settled-over-transgender-teens-234600255.html
https://www.the-journal.com/articles/suit-settled-over-trans-teens-suicide-at-detention-center/
Joyce Horrarh Martins Siqueira
Age 3129 Oct 2016
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Burned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/29-Oct-2016/N.N./Belo Horizonte
Joyce was found with widespread burns inside the room where a fire had been started.
One person died in a fire inside a house in Carlos Prates neighborhood, Central-South Region of Belo Horizonte, early this morning (29). According to the Fire Department, the victim was a 31-year-old trans woman. The cause of the fire has not yet been clarified.
According to firefighters, the victim was found with widespread parts of the body burned inside the room where the fire had started. The emergency services attempted to resuscitate her for about 30 minutes until the doctor of the team of the Samu to verify the death.
Joyce was not identified in the offical TGEU TDoR 2017 list. Her identity and the cause of the fire was subsequently revealed as a result of a post in the Facebook group PGM:
"I do not know the cause but I know it was horrible, does anyone help to find out?"
"It happened in a town near to mine. A boy had fallen in love with a trans woman, got involved with her, then killed her because he didn't want others to find out."
Joyce's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/joycehorrarh.martinssiqueira.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G1 MG, 29.10.2016
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pgmreal/permalink/1269151249824840/
Evelyn Rojas
Age 2627 Oct 2016
Posadas, Misiones (Argentina)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/27-Oct-2016/Evelyn Rojas
Evelyn’s brutally beaten body was found by a friend in a disused service station. She had been beaten on the face and head with a sharp object.
The [trans woman] killed yesterday in an abandoned service station in Posadas was half naked and totally defenseless when they attacked her with blows to the face with a blunt object. The fact that she was drunk further complicated her chances of defending herself against a brutal relentless and lethal attacker.
Evelyn Rojas (26) was found with a disfigured face near a disused filling station on avenidas Uruguay and Buchardo. Witnesses who testified said that she moved between the roundabout and that place to obtain clients.
In March 2022 Ramón Da Silva, 26, went on trial for Evelyn's murder. If convicted he faces the possibility of life imprisonment.
Five witnesses gave evidence on the third day of oral and public evidence into the murder of Evelyn Rojas. Several of the testimonies once again brought to the fore the violence that the victim suffered from Ramón "Ramoncito" or "Junior" Da Silva, the partner of the young trans [woman] at the time and the only defendant in the case.
Among the witnesses was Jeilin Rojas, Evelyn's sister who is also trans, who recounted the episodes of violence that both her and the victim suffered at the hands of Da Silva, who faces an accusation that can lead to life imprisonment.
Like her sister, the girl said that throughout her life she suffered discrimination from ssionary society, as a result of which she decided to go to Buenos Aires to forge a future different from that of Evelyn, who, faced with exclusion, began to work as sex worker.
Jeilin had to return to Posadas to appear as a witness before Criminal Court One. At the time of the oath, she stated forcefully: "I have come to tell the truth about what my sister suffered."
“On many occasions I suffered discrimination and she tried to calm me down. She was always on the side of peace. We were very close, very close friends, until she met this person. There she moved away from me a little, ”the girl began her story.
Jeilin then recalled the violent situations she witnessed. “It hurt me so much once when I came back from dinner and my mom told me that Evelyn had been beaten up. I was 16 or 17 years old and I entered her room. She was lying down with a rag on her face and he (Junior) was sitting next to her as if nothing had happened. I was so angry that I attacked him too, but he backed away and went back inside. I couldn't do anything but cry, ”he pointed out, his voice cracking .
The young woman added that Evelyn once told her that she suffered violence from Junior, but "she was afraid of him" and that is why she did not want complaints to be filed. She also recalled that the man forced her sister away from her friends and her inner circle.
In mid-March 2022 Ramón Da Silva was convicted of "homicide with femicide and a crime of gender hate and expression" and sentenced to life in prison.
Posadas Criminal Court No. 1 sentenced Ramón Da Silva to life in prison for homicide for femicide and a crime of gender hate and expression against Evelyn Rojas. Rojas was beaten to death by her partner in October 2016. “It is a very important precedent, especially for diversity: a before and after here in Misiones,” said the court prosecutor, Martín Rau, to Presentes.
This is the first sentence for a hate crime in the province of Misiones and the second in the country, after the conviction for the travesticidio of the activist Amancay Diana Sacayan on June 18, 2018. There, the Oral Criminal and Correctional Court No. 4 of the Federal Capital sentenced Gabriel David Marino to life imprisonment.
https://www.diariojudicial.com/nota/91973/penal/condena-historica-por-transfemicidio.html
https://misionescuatro.com/posadas/marcharon-pedir-justicia-evelyn-rojas/
Emily Duque
26 Oct 2016
Caracas, Distrito Capital (Venezuela)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-Oct-2016/Emily Duque
Emily was shot and killed by a pimp who wanted to charge her to work after she refused to agree to this arrangement.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & El Universal.com, 27.10.2016
Nino da Silva
Age 2426 Oct 2016
Paudalho, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Stoned
TDoR list ref: tgeu/26-Oct-2016/Nina da Silva
Nino was beaten to death. Her body was found on the banks of the Capibaribe River, near the Itaiba Bridge in the town of Paudalho. Beside it were found items of clothing, condoms, a stick and a blood-soaked stone.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Portal Timbaúba Notícia, 27.10.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/j-w-da-silva-24-anos-pedradas-pe-paudalho/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2016/12/lgbt-people-killed-in-brazil-oct-17-to.html
Name Unknown
25 Oct 2016
Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional (Dominican Republic)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/25-Oct-2016/N.N.
The victim was shot dead.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Hoy, 26.10.2016
W. M.
Age 2024 Oct 2016
São José dos Campos, São Paulo (Brazil)
Not reported
TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Oct-2016/W.
The victim’s body was found in a bush in the outermost zone of the city.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Ovale, 24.10.2016
Lorena Reyes Mantilla
Age 3224 Oct 2016
Santa Cruz de Ténérife, Canaries (Spain)
Beaten, stabbed and fell
TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Oct-2016/Lorena Reyes Mantilla
Lorena was a sex worker. After being threatened, beaten and stabbed in the hand by a client, Lorena ran to her balcony and tried to escape to a neighbour’s flat, but unfortunately she fell from the third floor. She died in hospital.
A 36 year old man was subsequently arrested. His trial started in September 2018.
Lorena was born on 20th November 1986 in Ayacucho (a municipality in the state of Táchira), Venezuela. Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/karina.marquez.56829.
Lorena herself was aware that she played with fire. She knew that something could happen to her at any moment, even more serious than the brutal beatings and insults she had to endure since she was 16 years old when she knew that she liked men and wanted to be a woman.
Lorena had contracted death insurance a little over a year ago and instructed her brother Valdemar how she wanted her funeral to be in Venezuela. She even asked him to sing a mariachi during the funeral. Valdemar clarifies that this does not mean that his sister wanted to take his own life: "She never would have done it, she was a happy person, a fighter, with a lot of vitality, who had overcome so many dramatic situations that she could bear everything. desire to live", said Valdemar, in a telephone conversation from Venezuela.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Dos Manzanas, 25.10.2016
https://blogs.20minutos.es/1-de-cada-10/tag/lorena-reyes-mantilla/
http://www.laopinion.es/sociedad/2016/12/12/lorena-dramatico-final-mujer-luchadora/731593.html
http://eldia.es/sucesos/2016-10-24/29-Detenido-cliente-travesti-murio-caer-edificio.htm
http://transfofa.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/
https://iglu-biblioteka.blogspot.com/2016/12/hemeroteca-testimonios-transexualidad.html
Sierra/Simon Bush
Age 1822 Oct 2016
Idaho City (USA)
Asphyxiated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/22-Oct-2016/Sierra/Simon Bush
Sierra/Simon was found dead in a creek after being missing for a month. The mother and stepfather stated they felt from the very beginning that this was a kidnapping case.
61-year-old Bruce Marchant, a convicted felon, was later apprehended by authorities in a VA hospital after a long investigation and charged with their murder. He pleaded guilty to the charges after accepting a plea bargain for additional charges related to the victim's murder.
Sierra/Simon was genderfluid and usually preferred gender-neutral pronouns.
Sierra Bush had [their] whole life ahead of [them]. A star student who just began her first year at Boise State University, Bush was known for inspiring people to be unashamed of who they are. Fellow students said [they] made them feel safe.
But on Sept. 24, the 18-year-old freshman—who also went by “Simon” and who, according to friends, alternated gender identities—went missing. [Their] family believed [they were] the victim of a crime; it wasn’t like the engineering major to run away or engage in risky behavior. [Their] stepfather, Bart Green, told the Idaho Statesman that he and Bush’s mother “have felt from the very beginning that this is an abduction case.”
Their worst fears came true one month later, when police discovered Bush’s body in a creek about 30 miles away, outside of Idaho City. Since then, cops called [their] death “suspicious” but released few further details.
On Thursday, Boise detectives flew to New York City to cuff Bush’s suspected killer, a 61-year-old felon, and charged him with kidnapping, rape and murder. The suspect, Bruce Marchant, was arrested at a VA hospital in Manhattan that afternoon, an NYPD spokesman told The Daily Beast.
It’s unclear what ties, if any, Marchant has to the East Coast. An exhaustive probe, which consisted of nearly 200 interviews and crime lab results, led Boise cops to Marchant. Authorities have yet to share specifics on the case.
“Detectives who were working on this case had been investigating Mr. Marchant for a while,” said Brian Naugle, a deputy prosecutor in Ada County, which is pursuing the case. “They were keeping tabs on his whereabouts throughout the investigation.”
TvT project: IDAHO Statesman, 26.10.2016 & 08.12.2016
https://people.com/human-interest/sierra-bush-idaho-student-dead/
https://idahonews.com/news/local/boise-pd-man-arrested-for-the-death-of-sierra-bush
Julia Sofia Marques Evangelista
Age 2021 Oct 2016
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/21-Oct-2016/Julia Sofia Marques Evangelista
Julia was stabbed by her partner with a kitchen knife. He was a drug user and according to Julia Sofía’s family the couple used to fight over the money needed to feed his addiction.
Julia Sofia, 20, died indoors, stabbed to death on Friday night (21) in the Nazaré district, Natal's West Zone. The victim's partner, suspected of the crime, was arrested in the act by the police. The young man is a drug user and, according to the Julia Sofia family, the couple's quarrels were usually over money to fuel the addiction.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G1 RN, 22.10.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/julia-sofia-20-anos-facadas-rn-natal/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2016/12/lgbt-people-killed-in-brazil-oct-17-to.html
http://www.nominuto.com/noticias/policia/travesti-e-morto-a-facadas-no-bairro-nazare/147981/
http://www.laurivanreporter.com/em-natal-travesti-e-morta-a-facada-e-companheiro-preso-em-flagrante/
http://ipanvale.blogspot.com.br/2016/10/travesti-foi-assassinada-facadas-no.html
Name Unknown
Age 2017 Oct 2016
Guerrero (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/17-Oct-2016/N.N.
The victim was shot by several people. A person was detained and the crime is said to be related to extortion.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & m-x, 17.10.2016
Bianca Bittencourt
Age 1917 Oct 2016
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)
Hanged
TDoR list ref: tgeu/31-Oct-2016/Bianca Bittencourt
Bianca was a beautician and had been missing for 3 days when she was found dead inside the house, hanged with her own belt. Before she was killed, a turned-on fan had been broken on her head, her genitals beaten and she had been electrocuted.
The body of a [trans woman] was found on Wednesday with signs of hanging inside a residence in the Brasil Novo complex, north of Natal. According to reports, since last Saturday ' Bianca ', as she was better known, had been missing.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & ATransparênciaRN, 31.10.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/bianca-cabeleleira-asfixia-rn-natal/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2016/12/lgbt-people-killed-in-brazil-oct-17-to.html
http://blogrnonline.blogspot.com.br/2016/10/bianca-travestir-cabeleleira-foi.html
Ba?ak
14 Oct 2016
Küçükçekmece Gölü, Istanbul (Turkey)
Not reported
Ba?ak was found dead in Küçükçekmece Lake. It is not yet known how she died. She was a sex worker, and had been missing since 11th October.
Ba?ak's death was not included on the official TGEU TDoR 2017 list.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161029163551/http://pembehayat.org/haberler.php?id=1278
Zizi Shekiladze
Age 3214 Oct 2016
Tbilisi (Georgia)
Throat cut
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Oct-2016/Zizi Shekiladze
Zizi was hit in the head with a concrete bar and had her throat cut. She fell into a coma and died several weeks later.
http://dfwatch.net/georgian-sentenced-to-13-years-for-killing-a-transgender-woman-47558
https://www.currenttime.tv/a/28059065.html
Name Unknown
14 Oct 2016
Xico, Valle de Chalco, Estado de Mexico (Mexico)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/14-Oct-2016/N.N.
The victim was found face down in the street in a pool of blood. She had a fractured skull and her scalp was loose.
Neighbours reported hearing screaming and cries for help and then found her body.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/metropoli/edomex/2016/10/15/matan-joven-transexual-en-chalco
Alessa Flores Mendez
Age 2313 Oct 2016
Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)
Strangled
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Oct-2016/Alessa Flores Mendez
Alessa was found strangled in a hotel room in the Cuauhtémoc branch of Mexico City. She had also been beaten and stabbed.
Alessa was originally from Tabasco and was engaged in sex work to survive. She was also an activist and struggled to make visible the specific security needs of women engaged in sex work.
Just a week earlier, she had participated in the Youth Capital Forum of the Youth Institute of Mexico City, where she spoke on “Sex work: Democratisation versus precarisation”. In her speech Alessa recalled that transgender sex workers lack protection and are exposed to dangers because their work is not recognized as a job.
“Sex work is stigmatized by the idea of selling the body, an idea that the conservatives use to disqualify them because the workers make their bodies public and (for the conservatives) the women are not public, but this idea is wrong because all the workers sell his body, the same as a worker, as well as a clerk.”
Alessa had been collaborating for two years in the placement of a day of the dead altar for sex workers, some of them murdered.
The altar was to remember them, “remember they were here and they were very good,” Alessa said in a video recorded last year in November, just in front of the altar placed by Tlalpan’s sex workers.
“I hope I do not have to be on this poster, I hope I do not end up here and end up somewhere else, sex work is an option but I would not like to do that alone,” Alessa said in the video.
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2016/10/15/1122594
http://www.proceso.com.mx/458800/reportan-asesinato-joven-transexual-en-la-cdmx
https://www.animalpolitico.com/2016/10/alessa-flores-activista-trans-cdmx/
https://www.animalpolitico.com/2016/10/quien-alessa-transexual/
http://www.sinembargo.mx/14-10-2016/3103882
Name Unknown
13 Oct 2016
Sorocaba, São Paulo (Brazil)
Suffocated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Oct-2016/N.N./Sorocaba
The victim's body was found in the Sorocaba river with her head covered by a plastic bag. She had been suffocated.
A [woman] was found dead in a gallery of the Sorocaba River on the morning of Thursday (13) in Sorocaba (SP). According to police, the victim wore women's clothing and had her head covered in plastic.
According to delegate Acácio Leite, from the General Investigations Police Station (DIG), the body was located at Avenida Juvenal de Campos, in the Pinheiros neighborhood. The [woman] had no identity papers and had a tattoo on her back.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & G1 Sorocaba e Jundiai, 13.10.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/nao-identificada-asfixia-sp-sorocaba/
https://goqueer.blogspot.com/2016/10/transphobic-crimes-on-rise-in-brazil.html
C. do Nascimento Rolim
Age 1913 Oct 2016
São Paulo (Brazil)
Asphyxiated
TDoR list ref: tgeu/13-Oct-2016/N.N./Sao Paulo
C. was found dead inside an unattended police car parked in the 77th Police District (PD), in Santa Cecilia, in the center of São Paulo. Her death was ruled “suspicious”.
According to the ombudsman of the São Paulo State Police, Julio Cesar Neves, the “story was badly told”. The ombudsman wants to know if there has been an irregularity committed by a police officer. “It’s appalling to see a body inside a police car inside a police station parking lot and the Civil Police does not explain it right.”
A [trans woman] who did not have her identity revealed was found dead late Thursday morning (13) inside a vehicle of the Civil Police of Sao Paulo. The case happened in the 77th Police District, located at Glete Mall, 827, in the Santa Cecília neighborhood, west of the state capital.
According to the history of the occurrence, registered at the police station and to which the report of the portal RedeTV! had access, when two police officers would take the car to leave the DP, they realized that the [trans woman] was [dead] in the area reserved for prisoners. The car had damage to the windows, bodywork, lock and internal acrylic.
The section police chief, Marco Antonio Pereira, and the deputy chief Felipe Martins da Silva went to the DP, viewed the images from the police station's security cameras and reported no irregularities by police.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Ponte, 13.10.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/nao-identificada-a-esclarecer-sp-sao-paulo/
https://ponte.org/travesti-e-encontrada-morta-dentro-de-viatura-da-policia-civil-em-sp/
C. A. Armas Carvajal (“La Ariel”, “La Polla” or “La Diana”)
Age 3511 Oct 2016
Pénjamo, Guanajuato (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/11-Oct-2016/N.N.
Cheva was murdered outside her home located between Juan Carrillo and Monterder Segura streets in the downtown Chihuahua. Her attacker shot her and a man who was with her. She died almost immediately and he was seriously injured.
Cheva was described as elderly in the news report. According to neighbours she was a very popular woman in the area and they do not know why anyone would want to kill her.
http://www.proceso.com.mx/408629/asesinan-a-transexual-y-cubren-su-cuerpo-con-la-bandera-nacional
Cheva Herrera Aceves
11 Oct 2016
Chihuahua (Mexico)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/11-Oct-2016/La Cheva Herrera Aceves
A stranger entered Cheva's house while she was with another person and shot her without saying a word. She died and her companion was wounded.
Name Unknown
11 Oct 2016
Tagum, Davao del Norte (Philippines)
Shot
The victim was shot dead by a bus driver on the afternoon of 11th October on Circumferential Road, Magugpo West, Tagum City. The reports were sketchy and showed her bloodstained body hanging out of the window of the bus.
Her murder was not included in the official TDoR 2017 list.
https://www.facebook.com/violenceinthephilippines/posts/620600484777719
Name Unknown
11 Oct 2016
Philippines
Murdered
All we know about this victim is a Facebook post with a screenshot of a message containing a photo of her body lying in the undergrowth. We don't know her name, what happened to her or even where she was killed.
Her death was not included in the official TDoR 2017 list.
Ahya Sapphire
10 Oct 2016
Caloocan, Metro Manila (Philippines)
Murdered
Like most victims in the Philippines, her murder was reported via Facebook and details are sketchy, showing only a photo of her in life, and one of her corpse lying in a pool of blood on a floor. Any clarifications would be welcome.
The hashtags #RIPAhya and #JusticeForAhya trended on Facebook in the Philippines in the days following her murder.
Her Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/I.love.AHYA and her Twitter account https://twitter.com/URsweethartAHYA. Her murder was not included in the official TDoR 2017 list.
"Rest in peace my friend. I'm sure you have a lot of plans and dreams in life but won't be fulfilled because of what was done to you. I hope your death will be given justice. Nkakabigla!"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1394389564132866/permalink/1755242774714208/
https://www.facebook.com/violenceinthephilippines/posts/620287784808989
https://www.facebook.com/john.maca.35/videos/1297753500257985/
Yasmin Montoy
Age 2010 Oct 2016
São Paulo (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/10-Oct-2016/Yasmin Montoy
Yasmin was beaten. Her body showed signs of the violence she had suffered and an injury to her head which was “probably done with a stick”. However, despite the testimony of friends, the police report states that there were no signs of violence and called for drug and toxicology tests.
The 20-year-old Yasmin Montoy was beginning the process of sex adequacy. She would turn 21 on the 16th and was gradually raising money to put silicone in her breasts - a dream that was close to being realized.
However, this trajectory was interrupted at dawn on Monday (10), near the Parque do Carmo, east of São Paulo. A friend of Yasmin, who declined to be named, said she saw her injuries from assaults and stab wounds on her body. She says she believes it to have been a crime of transphobia.
The police record, however, speaks of "suspected death." The police reported that they were called to an incident of an “individual feeling sick” and when they arrived at Travessa Maria Morais Moreira, Yasmin was being assisted by the Fire Department, which then found her dead.
The version of the police report in the 63rd Police District that the body had no signs of violence is disputed by Yasmin's friend.
"In the police report does not say that he had physical aggression, but of course. She was on the street and was more exposed. It may be a so-called customer, but sometimes it can be the guys who were going through it just to be mean."
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & R7 Noticias, 13.10.2016
https://ponte.org/jovem-trans-morre-apos-ser-espancada-a-pauladas-no-parque-do-carmo/
Brandi Bledsoe
Age 328 Oct 2016
Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Oct-2016/Brandi Bledsoe
Brandi was found dead with a plastic bag around her head and reports of head trauma. The cause of her death was a gunshot wound to the chest.
The death of a transgender woman in Cleveland has been ruled a homicide, making it the 23rd reported murder of a trans person in the U.S. this year.
Brandi Bledsoe, 32, died of a gunshot wound to the chest, the Cuyahoga County medical examiner ruled Thursday, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reports. She was found dead Saturday around 10 a.m. in a driveway behind a house, with plastic bags over her head and both hands, according to the paper. She had also suffered head trauma. Her body was discovered by a young boy riding his bike.
Initial reports misgendered Bledsoe, but then members of her family came forward to say she was a trans woman, having come out to them two years ago. Bledsoe, a Home Depot employee and animation artist, was much happier once she began presenting as her authentic self, relatives said.
"She wasn't very outgoing before she told us," her cousin John Craggett told The Plain Dealer. "She just wasn't happy with who she was. When she told us, she was honestly a lot better as Brandi. She was happy."
"She was really beautiful," Craggett added. "She was really sweet and nice. That's what bugs the crap out of me about this. Whoever did this can rot in hell."
Brandi was a budding artist. The Life and Death of Brandi Bledsoe, the 23rd Trans Woman Killed in 2016 gives a real insight into who she was.
Nine months after Brandi's murder Michelle Cole and Heidi Krudy were arrested. In May 2018 Cole pleaded guilty to obstructing justice, gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. Krudy is charged with murder, felonious assault, tempering with evidence and offenses against a human corpse.
https://www.sisterspgh.org/remembering-our-dead2016/2020/7/1/brandi-bledsoe
https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/10/cleveland_transgender_woman_fo_1.html
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/10/transgender_woman_found_dead_i_1.html
Itzel Durás Castellanos
Age 198 Oct 2016
Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Oct-2016/Itzel Durás Castellanos
Itzel was stabbed in the neck while at her home. Neighbours heard her cries for help and called the emergency services, but by the time the authorities arrived she was dead.
Two days later the police arrested the alleged murderer, a 25 year old man named Jonathan Miramontes Hidalgo.
Despite investigations confirming that there were traces of Itzel’s blood on Hidalgo’s clothes, he was released on 13th February 2018 as the police had allowed evidence to become contaminated.
https://www.animalpolitico.com/2016/10/itzel-duran-transexual-asesinada-chiapas/
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/10/11/1121876
http://www.proceso.com.mx/458705/detienen-a-presunto-homicida-reina-gay-comitan
http://www.proceso.com.mx/458021/asesinato-joven-transexual-indigna-a-la-comunidad-gay-chiapas
https://blogs.20minutos.es/1-de-cada-10/2016/10/09/itzel-duran-castellanos/
W. Rodrigues Alexandre
8 Oct 2016
Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/8-Oct 2016/W. Rodrigues Alexandre
W. was beaten to death at dawn on Saturday 8th October near the center of Duque de Caxias.
The [trans woman], identified as [deadname] RODRIGUES ALEXANDRE, was beaten and killed, still in unexplained conditions, at dawn on Saturday (08/10) near the center of Duque de Caxias.
TvT partner organisation Rede Trans Brasil & Baixada Viva Noticias, 10.10.2016
https://homofobiamata.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/w-rodrigues-alexandre-espancamento-duque-de-caxias/
https://homofobiamata.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/baixada.pdf
Kitkat Mae Fermin
Age 182 Oct 2016
Davao City (Philippines)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/2-Oct-2016/Kitkat Mae Fermin
Kitkat was shot in the head.
