2018
Every year on or around the 20th of November, trans people worldwide gather for the Transgender Day of Remembrance to remember those we have lost to violence in the past year.
These pages chronicle and honor the trans and enby folks of color that we’ve lost in the United States. Source: https://tdor.translivesmatter.info/
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Age: 35
Date: 12/7/2018
Location: Detroi, MI
Info: Keanna was found dead on the east side of the city by police at around 6am on Friday 7th November. She had been shot.
Authorities were initially investigating claims by a 46-year-old man who told officers that he was robbed in the area and fired a shot, but is unsure if he hit the trans woman. However, on Monday 10th December Sterling Heights Baptist pastor Albert Weathers, 46, was charged with her murder.
Date: 11/26/2018
Location: Baltimore, MD
Info: Tydi was found with a gunshot wound on the 2400 block of Guilford Avenue at about 4:15 a.m. on Monday 26th November. She died in hospital.
A police spokesman said that there were reports of a loud argument preceding the shots and that a dark-colored car was seen speeding from the scene.
Age: 53
Date: 10/10/2018
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Info: Regina was found dead in her home after an arson attack on 10th October.
Her body was found by firefighers after a passerby called the fire department after seeing a fire in Brown’s home.
Kenneth Lamont Jenkins, 37, was arrested in connection with the fire and charged with murder on 7th November. He was an ex-convict who had previously served 18 years in prison for armed robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle.
Age: 31
Date: 10/3/2018
Location: Chicago, IL
Info: Ciara was stabbed multiple times by a man after an argument late on Wednesday 3rd October in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. She died at the scene.
Age: 28
Date: 9/14/2018
Location: Laredo, TX
Info: Nikki was one of four women killed by US Border Patrol supervisor Juan David Ortiz during a killing spree in early September.
Her body was found dumped behind some gravel pits alongside the I-35 highway.
He was arrested early on Saturday 15th September after Erika Pena (who very nearly became another victim) managed to escape and raise the alarm two days earlier . After her escape he went on to kill twice more before being apprehended.
Ortiz has been charged with the murder of Nikki and three cisgender women (Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Anne Luera, and one victim who has not yet been unidentified) as well as kidnapping Erika.
The US authorities did not initially release Nikki's name, nationality or when she died, but in death the state misgendered her by referring to her as "John Doe".
Juan David Ortiz may have ended her life, but the US authorities then spat on her grave in a way which is all too familiar to trans folks everywhere.
Age: 20
Date: 9/8/2018
Location: Port Charlotte, FL
Info: Londonn was found face down shot to death at the intersection of Sawyer Circle and Red Oak Road north of Port Charlotte at 7:30am on Saturday 8th September.
Police quickly determined that the death was suspicious and began a search for her car, which was found in another part of Port Charlotte. It is unclear where exactly she was murdered.
In December 2018 Juan Salazar-Diaz, 21, was arrested.
Age: 31
Date: 9/5/2018
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Info: Shantee was found on the highway with a gunshot wound to the back in the early hours of Wednesday 5th September. She died in hospital.
According to a police report, a preliminary investigation revealed that Tucker had a brief argument with an unknown person or persons inside a black Ford pickup truck, and that person or persons began shooting at her.
Police are looking for a suspect.
Age: 24
Date: 8/30/2018
Location: Chicago, IL
Info: Dejanay was discovered in an alley with a gunshot wound to the head at 12:30 pm on Thursday 30th August after people nearby reported hearing gunshots.
In January 2019 Tremon T. Hill, 17, was charged with first degree murder.
Age: 18
Date: 8/30/2018
Location: Shreveport, LA
Info: Vontashia's body was found just before 5am on 30th August. She had been shot in the chest and wrist.
Age: 27
Date: 7/19/2018
Location: Orlando, FL
Info: Sasha's body was found naked behind an apartment complex on th19 Jul 2018.
Investigators have not said how she was killed, only that there was trauma to her body.
Age: 24
Date: 6/24/2018
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Info: Cathalina was found shot dead in the Quality Inn in the Baymeadows area of Jacksonville.
Her shooting was the fourth in Jacksonville in 2018, and the third death after Celine Walker and Antash'a English.
The only information so far concerning a possible suspect in this murder case is that a male was spotted driving a beige vehicle.
Age: 39
Date: 6/18/2018
Location: Meridian, MS
Info: Diamond was found dead inside a crashed van in Meridian, Mississippi (USA) on 18th June 2018. She had been shot in the back of the head.
According to local media, family members said that she was driving home to get ready for work when she was killed.
She was not identified as transgender until late the following month.
