BIOGRAFIA DELLE VITTIME DEL 2004
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1. 
   China Zainal
   Location: Sydney, Australia
   Cause of Death: Stabbed nine times in neck and chest
   Date of Death: November 30, 2003
   China was a 46-year-old Indonesian-born sex worker in Sydney, Austrailia.  Two witnesses saw her staggering down one street before collapsing in another.  They called an ambulance which took her to St Vincent's Hospital.  She died at the hospital of multiple stab wounds to the neck and uppser torso.
2. 
   Reshae McCauley        
   Location: Largo, Florida
   Cause of Death: Severe upper body trauma
   Date of Death: December 7, 2003
   Reshae was a 30-year-old transwoman.  On the evening of her death, she had visited Z109, a local club Reshae frequented. Around 2:00 a.m., she left with a newcomer to the club. Reshae's body was discovered by her mother, Kim, the next evening.  She died of severe upper body trauma.
3. 
   Pedro Cruz Ramos
   Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
   Cause of Death: Shot, allegedly by Eliezer Santana Baez
   Date of Death: February 4, 2004
   Ramos was a 30-year-old transwoman living in San Juan.  He was shot to death, allegedly by Eliezer Santana Baez.  Ramos is now the first reported anti-transgender death in Puerto Rico.
4. 
   Unknown transperson          
   Location: South Auckland, New Zealand
   Cause of Death: Murdered
   Date of Death: February 9, 2004
   This 36-year-old transwoman was from the neighbouring suburb of East Tamaki, New Zealand.  Her body was discovered in a car in South Aukland on the 9th of February.  Very little additional information has been released about this death.
5. 
   Precious Armani         
   Location: Atlanta, Georgia
   Cause of Death: Shot in the Head
   Date of Death: February 29, 2004
   Precious was a 37-year-old, African-American pre-operative transsexual, living full time as a woman. She was shot in the head on Feburary 29th, and was found shortly after. Her body was discovered slumbed behind the wheel of a rented car outside her residence in a Buckhead apartment complex.
6. 
   Mickey Ward-El Smith
   Location: Washington, D.C.
   Cause of Death: Shot ten times
   Date of Death: March 3, 2004
   Smith was a 19-year-old transperson.  She was shot ten times at Saratoga and 25th Streets NE. Her wig had also been removed.  Unlike other recent anti-transgender murders in Washington, DC, very little seems to have been done on this case.
7. 
   Augusto Flores Munoz
   Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
   Cause of Death: Shot, allegedly by Eliezer Santana Baez
   Date of Death: April 16, 2004
   Munoz was a 23-year-old transgender person living in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Like Pedro Cruz Ramos, who was murdered in Feburary, Munoz was shot to death.  Police are also holding Eliezer Santana Baez in this murder.
8. 
   Cedric Thomas
   Location: Baton Rogue, Louisiana
   Cause of Death: Shot multiple times
   Date of Death: June 5, 2004
   Thomas was a 20-year-old who was wearing women's attire when attacked in Baton Rogue on May 18th.  Initially, this was simply an attempt to steal Thomas' purse.  Thomas chased the attacker off, but he returned with a handgun.  He shot Thomas several times. Thomas finally succumbed to those wounds on the 5th of June.
9. 
   Unknown transperson          
   Location: Delhi, India
   Cause of Death: Murdered
   Date of Death: June 7, 2004
   This victim, possibly named Uday Bhan Singh, was a 28-year-old crossdresser who earned a living as a eunuch.  He was found dead in a forested area along a roadway, partially undressed a wig and women's attire nearby. There were numerous injuries to the back and hips.
10. 
    Unknown transperson
    Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Cause of Death: Shot to death
    Date of Death: July 11, 2004
    This transvestite was one of two discovered on a road near a Rio de Janeiro slum, Cidade de Deus.
11. 
    Unknown transperson
    Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Cause of Death: Shot to death
    Date of Death: July 11, 2004
    This individuals is the second of two transpeople found dead near Cidade de Deus on July 11th.
12. 
    Darryl Fearon
    Location: New York, New York
    Cause of Death: Stabbed
    Date of Death: July 16, 2004
    Darryl Fearon was a 17-year-old man.  He did not identify as transgender, but was walking with five friends, including three transgender women.  Christian Soto-Ruiz, a 19-year-old, approached the group.  Soto-Ruiz allegedly made a comment about the transgender women, and a dispute broke out.  Soto-Ruiz initially slashed at one of the women, and Fearon puched Soto-Ruiz in response.  Soto-Ruiz then stabbed Fearon.  He was pronounced dead at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center.
13. 
    Gennaro Rizzo
    Location: Caserta, Italy
    Cause of Death: Stabbed several times in the thorax and elsewhere
    Date of Death: July 13, 2004
    Rizzo was a 38-year-old resident of Cercola, Naples. Rizzo's body was found near a highway bridge, wearing female attire. A wig and other personal affects were discovered nearboy.  Rizzo had been stabbed several times in the upper body
14. 
    Leandro Bispo Estavao
    Location: Boltiere in Bergamo, Italy
    Cause of Death: Stabbed
    Date of Death: July 20, 2004
    Estavao was a 21-year-old transgender sex worker.  She was killed in the early morning of July 20th after her throat was slashed with a knife.
15. 
    Tony "Delicious" Green
    Location: San Francisco, California
    Cause of Death: Beaten
    Date of Death: August 13, 2004
    Delicious was a 46-year-old African-American living in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco.  She identitifed as a woman from as early as age 7, and was quick to correct people who assigned her the wrong pronouns.  On the 13th of August a housekeeper at the Franciscan Motel on Third Street discovered Delivious' body.  She had been severely beaten to death.
16. 
    Rivera Rene
    Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Cause of Death: Throat cut
    Date of Death: August 14, 2004
    Rene was a 32-year-old living on the Northwest side of Grand Rapids.  A friend of her's found Rene's body in her apartment.  She was beaten and her throat was cut.
17. 
    Joel Robles
    Location: Fresno, California
    Cause of Death: Stabbed
    Date of Death: August 15, 2004
    Joel Robles was a 29-year-old cross-dresser living in Fresno. Friends characterised Robles as a very loving and caring person who worked hard both as a dental assistant and for charity. He was planning to participate in a drag-queen fashion show just days after his death. Robles was stabbed mulitple times and left for dead in his apartment.  His allegeld killer, Estanisalao Martinez, is in police custody and has been charged for this death.
18. 
    Bella Martinez
    Location: Los Angeles, California
    Cause of Death: Shot
    Date of Death: August 28, 2004
    Martinez was 24-year-old transwoman in Los Angeles.  Her body was found in her apartment by police, who were alerted by another transwoman that Bella had been missing for several days.  She had been shot to death.
19. 
    Andre
    Location: George Town, Malaysia
    Cause of Death: Bludgeoned to death
    Date of Death: September 13, 2004
    Andre was a 31-year-old Indonesian transvestite who was visiting Malaysia as a tourist.  According to police, Andre was hit three times on the back of the head and neck with a blunt object, and had several abraisions along the arms, forehead, and right shoulder.  Andre was clad in a black skirt and Batick blouse, and a clutch bag was found nearby. Andre's underwear was also pulled down, and police suspect that Andre may have been forcibly sodomized prior to death.