Elie Che

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Age: 23
Date: 8/31/2020
Location: New York, NY
Info: Elie was found in an unresponsive state on Orchard Beach in the Bronx on the morning of Monday 31st August. Police and local media repeatedly deadnamed her.

Subsequently it was reported that there were no signs of trauma or struggle and that she had drowned.

Lea Rayson Daye

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Date: 8/30/2020
Location: Cleveland, OH
Info: Lea died in Cuyahoga County Jail after being wrongfully jailed by a transphobic judge. When picking up her belongings her mother found a letter denouncing the conditions there.

Lea was homeless at the time of her arrest.
At a virtual press conference on 4th September local community representative expressed their anger over conditions at the jail.

Bree Black

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Age: 27
Date: 7/3/2020
Location: Pompano Beach, FL
Info: Bree was found with gunshot wounds after police responded to a reported shooting. She died at the scene.

Her family reportedly asked that she be referred to by her deadname in news reports.

Merci Mack

Age: 22
Date: 6/30/2020
Location: Dallas, TX
Info: Merci was found unconscious and with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 6:15am on Tuesday 30th June after neighbours had reported hearing gunfire at around 5am. She died at the scene.