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.