REPORTED ANTI-TRANSGENDER DEATHS 1970-2005
Larry Lavern Turner
Shot by the LAPD
Unidentified crossdressed male
1972
Puncture wounds over the right eye
Maxwell Confait
Strangled
Jamie D. Ford
San Diego, California
1973
Stabbed
William Battles
South
Beat and sexually mutilated by members of a local street gang.
Joseph Moran
1974
Stabbed by Richard Mroczko
Jae Stevens
Five stab wounds, three directly to the heart.
Yancey-Lisa R.
San Francisco, California
1975
Stabbed once in the abdomen and four times in the back
Harvey Aberles
1975
Shot by NYPD
Barbarella (Joe V.)
Stabbed in the chest
Unidentified man dressed in women's clothes
Aug-75
Murdered, allegedly by William Harris.
Nikki
1976
Thrown off roof
Toni Lee
1976
Murdered
Terri Williams Moore
Shot in the head and back by Richard A. Moore
Jody Susan Ford
Shot with a shotgun by Larry Maddox
"Benderella" (Benjamin Scott Rae)
Shot in the face three times with a small caliber handgun, by Victor
Lynn Velasquez.
Cynthia Coffman
Shot to death by Dan Edward Jones
Felicia Coffman
Nashville, Tennessee
24-Jul-77
Shot to death by Dan Edward Jones
Perry Young
Shot in the head by Ronald Haynes
Unknown man dressed in women's clothing
1979
Murdered
Rita Sellers
Murdered
Jean Shelley Boushard Fox (Jeannie Sheppard)
Shot by Robert Fox
Barbara (William) Brodie
Internal injuries: the liver, abdomen, and lungs were punctured
when a blunt instrument was inserted in Brodie's rectum.
Ernest "Ernestine" Murray
Shot
Andre Vacarro
Numerous stab wounds and a gunshot to the head
Diane Delia
Shot four times in the head by her husband, Robert Ferrera
Terry Wilson
Stabbed to death, allegedly by Warren Yaeger
Unidentified man wearing high-heeled shoes, a dress and a
waist-length jacket
Shot to death
Dianne Aubert
Stabbed in the back 121 times.
Tara O'Hara
1983
Head was bashed in
Linda Williams
Stabbed to death by Ron Johnson
Unknown man wearing women's clothes
1984
Shot to death
Adele Bailey
N.E. Victoria, Austrailia
1984
Shot
Chiron Collins (Allen Kenneth Byrd)
May-84
42 stab wounds to the head, neck, face, and arm by Theodore
Roebuck.
Philip Robert Filshie
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
20-Dec-84
Stabbed in the side by Joyce Lorraine Filshie.
Tianna (Timothy)
Shot once in the back of the head
Cortez Morris
Knife wound to the chest by Joseph Alexander
Felix Benitez
Murdered
Stella Essie (Jerome Brent)
Hit in the head with a sledgehammer by Loveless Austin
Clyde Massie
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15-Aug-85
Shot to death by Stepehen Orosz Jr.
Jessica (Gerardo) Castillo
Shot in the head by Felix Rodriguez Diaz and Pedro Juan Concepcion
Faustino "Tina" Arroyo
Suffocated, beaten and sexually mutilated by Donald Jennings.
Jonathan "Tanya" Streater
Shot in the face, beaten and sexually mutilated by Donald
Jennings.
Monique Rogers
Drowned
Diane (Anthony Ellsworth) Carter
Shot in the buttocks
Phyllis Olson
Strangled
John
Shot
David F. McLaughlin
Murdered
Marvin Ball
1987
Gunshot wound
Michelle Byrne
Jan-87
Tortured for several hours, beaten to death, and beheaded by
Kenneth Poole and Ralph David Frantzreb
Jane Golden (James Boyd)
Murdered by Steven W. White
Lisa Janna Black
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Struck 20 times with a hammer by Synthia Kavanagh, her roommate
and another transsexual. Kavanaugh also stuck a knife into one of Black's eyes.
Brian Inch was reported as beating and stabbing Black.
Jul-87
Murdered
Rosando “Crystal” Sanchez-Reyes
Shot six times at point blank range by Daniel Montenegro Delgado.
Ruby Bota
1988
Unknown
Samantha (Samuel)
Murdered, allegedly by James Edward Shaffer
Ramon Baez
Murder, allegedly by Omar Francisco Orea Ochoa, Juan Carlos
Fragoso, and Jorge Montes.
Charles Albert Lizotte
Beat with a weight bar by Yves Joseph LeClerc
Toni (David) Lowry
Multiple stab wounds to the chest, allegedly by David E. Neal aka
Micky Alphonso Accardo
Vernon Sivills
Norfolk, Virginia
4-Nov-88
Head injuries attained in a hit-and-run accident perpetrated by
Michael O'Donnell and Joseph P. Stone.
Unknown man dressed in women's clothing
Shot once in the chest
Venus Xtravaganza
1989
Murdered
Peggy Santiago
South
1989
Murdered
Steven Hernandez
Murdered by Kelly Nichols
Lindsey Alexander (Todd Alexander Asay)
May-89
Shot to death, allegedly by Brian David Hill.
Carla Leigh Salazar
Santa Ana, California
Multiple stab wounds
Juaquin Jiminez
Beaten to death, allegedly by Richard Davella
Castro Nova Estabon
San Diego, California
11-Jun-90
Shot
Rafael Sanchez Ayala
San Diego, California
Shot in the head
Julie Birchall
Injuries substained in a hit and run accident.
Sherri Ransom
Beaten to death with a hammer by Johnny Fitzpatrick.
Jose Angel Osuna
San Diego, California
Shot several times in the chest and stomach.
Eduardo Lora Vasallio
Shot four times by Vernon Bryan
Donald Pierce
San Diego, California
4-Sep-90
Struck by a car driven by Fred Ray Belloff and dragged about 50
feet.
Lim Yeow Chuan
Stabbed multiple times by Kuppiah Saravanan
Michelle Hays (Joe Michael Hays)
Shot in the chest
Felix Abarca
Murdered
Carlos "Tasha"
Shot to death by Jeffrey Todd Hammons and Todd Alan
Anna Francisco
Stabbed several times in the chest and stomach.
Edna Brown
Shot to death
David Perez
1991
Murdered.
Unknown Man Wearing A Dress
Multiple gunshot wounds.
Unnamed Transvestite
Bludgeoned to death
Carmen Marie Montoya
Multiple blows from a blunt object to her face and head
Patrick Calvert
Stabbed
Shannon Elroy Clay
Multiple stab wounds, allegedly by Robert Surdaca Rice, Gerald
Julian Chandler, and Robert Lee Allgood.
Lynn Therrett
Oct-91
Murdered
Huriell "Gypsy" Lockett (David King)
Shot in the head
Rhonda Star (Ronnie Dean Lyles)
Shot to death
Unknown man wearing wig
Killed by blow to head
Jean (Woodrow) Powell
Shot in the back
Kenneth Dale Robinson (aka "
Stabbed in the throat
Richard Goldman
Shot and killed by his father, retired state judge Milton Goldman.
Unknown Transvestite Prostitute
Beaten and stabbed to death by Augustin Rosado
Jessy
South
Murdered, most likely by Augustin Rosado
Cameron "Tina" Tanner
San Francisco, California
Died as a result of wounds suffered
Harold Draper
Multiple Stab Wounds
Rene "Michelle" Ouellet
Jun-92
Strangled by Brian Halter
Marsha P. Johnson
Drowned
Robert K. Woelfel
Shot twice by a shotgun blast, by Harold C. Maass
Victor Hugo Castillejos
Nov-92
Shot 10 times in the leg, chest and stomach with a 9mm pistol.
Anthony Swain
Shot to death
Stephan "Stephanie" Chapman
Dec-92
Gunshot wound to the head
Grayce Baxter
Choked to death by Patrick Daniel Johnson, who then dismembered
the body into several parts with a hacksaw.
Shot to death
Unidentified crossdressed male
Shot to death
Giuseppe Mandanici
1993
Killed by a hit man hired by his father, Vincenzo Mandanici, for
700 dollars.
Chrissey (Marvin) Johnson
Multiple stab wounds delivered by Allen Horton
Christiaan D'Arcy
Strangled by Thomas Saltonstall.
He also tied up D'Arcy and put him in the trunk of D'Arcy's car, which
Saltonstall set on fire.
Delores Mack
Strangled
Quona R. Clark
Murdered
Gordon Tuckey
Sydney, Austrailia
Jul-93
Beaten to death by Thomas Dunn
Daniel A. Castro
Santa Ana, California
Shot once with a small-caliber handgun
Man dressed in women's clothing
Shot to death
Donnie O. Osby
Shot in the chest with a .45-caliber handgun by Keith Neil
Washington
Dinh Van Vo
Strangled by Demian McGuire
Marquita (Martin) Johnson
Shot three times in the face at close range, by Juan Lamont
Harding
Derrick "Miss Tess"
Stabbed and beaten
David Edward Wigley
Stabbed repeatedly in the chest and stomach
Ashley-Ann Summers (Eric Farrow)
Shot to death
Larry Venzant
Stabbed repeatedly and castrated by David Feikema
Brandon (aka Brandon Teena, Tenna Ray Brandon, Teena Brandon)
Shot to death, then stabbed, by John Lotter and Marvin Thomas
Nissen.
Alanna Kella
1994
Shot
Johanna Langer
Stabbed 120 times by Susan Mehuron.
Man dressed in women's clothing
Murdered
Lazaro Comesana
Strangled to death by Rory Enrique Conde
Unknown Transvestite
Murdered
Terrie Ladwig
Dec-94
Strangled
Mara Duvouw
1995
Murdered
Unknown Partially Crossdressed Male
1995
Shot in the head
Rev. John "Gypsy" Prowett
1995
Shot to death
Gisele Gaga' (Luiz Gastao Pereira Sobrinho)
Shot by a police officer
Reynaldo “Reyna” Sandoval
Shot in the chest and head.
Debra Forte
Multiple six-inch stab wounds to the chest, any of which would
have been sufficient to kill her. She was also beaten about the head and
shoulders, by Michel Thompson
Unknown man dressed in women's clothing
Blows to the head and face
Valerie Hill
Shotgun wound to the abdomen by Edward Blazeff
Tyra Hunter
Received inadequate care from D.C. general hospital, and from the
medical team on scene of the accident.
Tarayon Corbitt
Shot twice in the head and once in the chest with a .45 Glock
handgun.
Mocha Celis
Buenos Aires, Argentina
18-Aug-95
Shot twice in the penis, and abandoned in the street.
Robert Gillade
Murdered
Steven Wilson
Oct-95
Raped, hit in the head, and drowned by Lamont Harden
Shot to death
Chanelle Pickett
Strangled by William Palmer. She also suffered a beating that left
her face terribly bruised and bloody.
James Percy Rivers (aka Tatiana Rivers, Keymani Howard)
Multiple stab wounds and a beating.
Septic shock due to a punctured bladder.
Christian Paige
Brutally beaten about the head and ears, then strangled, stabbed
deeply in her chest and breast area between 15 and 2 dozen times, and finally,
burned.
Deanna Wilkinson
Shot in the back of the head with a .357 magnum filled with
hollow-point bullets, by Marcello Palma
Shawn "Junior" Keegan
Shot in the back of the head by Marcello Palma
Rodney D. Neadeau
Blows to the head and abdomen
Janice Ricks
Shot once in the neck and once in the abdomen.
Keooudorn Phothisane
Blunt force injuries to the neck and head. Body had been burned
Thomas Hall
Beaten in the head with a brick by
Dion Webster
Knife wound to the head
Alan Fitzgerald Walker
Beaten and strangled to death by Adam David Blackford and Yitzak
Abba Marta
Curdell James III
1997
Shot in the back by Robert Lee Davis Jr.
Toya Charlton
1997
Shot in the back by Robert Lee Davis Jr.
Lynn Montana
1997
Burn wounds
Unnamed transgendered person
1997
Murdered
Vanessa (Barry) Lane
1997
Murdered, allegedly by Mark Haydon, Robert Wagner, and John
Bunting.
Unnamed transvestite
Shot
Robyn Brown (James Brown)
Multiple stab wounds
Martine Bohn
Mons, Belgium
22-Mar-97
Murdered
Gracie Detzer
(James Detzer)
Strangled and drowned in a bathtub by Steven Craig
Kevin Freeman
Skull split nearly in half
Marcela (Sergio Arias)
Rosario, Argentina
29-Jul-97
Stabbed
Stacey Estupinian
Oct-97
Murdered
Maria “La Conchita” Palencia
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Shot repeatedly in the stomach
Robert H. Jones
Stabbed to death by Ronald Taltoan
Jerrell Williams
Nov-97
Stabbed and slashed to the throat, by Tavares Demetrius Forrest
Maurice E. Murray
St. Louis, Missouri
Shot several times
Yamile (Jorge) Lee
Stabbed to death with a large butcher knife, allegedly by Luis
Garces
Ali He'shun Forney
Shot
Vianna Faye Williams
Multiple stab wounds to back, neck, and chest
Tasha Dunn
Tampa, Florida
14-Feb-98
Bludgeoned to death
Jacqueline Julita Anderson
Shot in the head with a shotgun by Eric Walter Running
Shot at least twice, once in the neck and once in the head.
Karla (José Alexis) Barrahona
Died from gunshot wounds to the throat and thorax received eight
days prior.
Sigfrilda Shantall Pastor Arguelles
Stabbed in the neck
"Tiny" (Robert Howard Gibson)
Multiple stab wounds, allegedly by Shawn Keith Wilson
Luana (Junior da Silva Lago)
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Drowned
Fitzroy "
Stabbed multiple times by Eric Carolina
Monique Thomas (aka Rufus P. Thomas)
Murdered, allegedly by George Stallings
Chanel Chandler
Stabbed to death, allegedly by Christopher Joseph Lopez and a
16-year-old friend.
Rita Hester
Multiple stab wounds
Lauryn Paige (Donald Scott Fuller)
Stabbed multiple times in the head and torso, allegedly by
Gamaliel Mireles Coria. A cut on her throat measured 9 inches long and 3 inches
wide.
Robert Eads
Cancer
Steve Dwayne Garcia
Shot once in the shoulder
Chris Muzett (Eddie Matthews)
Strangled with a phone cord
Unknown man wearing women's clothing
Shot in the abdomen
Leslie Re'Geanne
Struck and killed by a car
Tracy Thompson (aka Tracy Turner, Billy Joe Turner)
Head wounds, most likely caused by a baseball bat.
Emmon Bodfish (aka Margaret Ingalls Bodfish)
Bludgeoned to death with a blunt object
Pvt. Barry L. Winchell
Beaten to death, allegedly by Pvt. Calvin N. Glover
Barretta Williams
Shot 16 times, pistol whipped, tied up with speaker wire, and
gagged with a sock taped into her mouth.
Carol Wright
Pitsmoor,
Strangled
Kareem
Murdered
Chareka Keys
Blunt trauma to the head
Sissy (Charles) Bolden
Murdered
Tacy Raino Ranta
Shot one time in the chest
Unnamed Infant with Ambiguous Genitalia
Blunt force trauma to the head, as well as strangulation,
allegedly by the child's mother, Aruna Kavili.
Alina Marie Barragan
San Jose, California
Strangled by Kozi Santino Scott.
Jill Seidel
Undetermined
Ihok (Hugo Yonathan)
Lenteng Agung, Jagakarsa, Indonesia
14-Feb-00
Eight stab wounds in the back, four in the abdomen and two in the
neck.
Vanesa-Lorena Ledesma
Cordoba, Argentina
16-Feb-00
Cardiac Arrest
Christine Chappel
Drowned
Michelle Lynne O'Hara
Suicide after being brutally beaten and raped
Stephanie Yazum (Frank Yazum)
Throat slashed
Déjŕ (Dondre) Johnson
Apr-00
Shot
Tyra Henderson
Bludgeoned to death
Carla Natasha Hunt
Single gunshot wound to the head
Astrid La Fontaine
Shot
Amanda Milan
Throat slashed
Beaten to death
Julia Carrizales
Strangulation
Dayana (Jose Luis Nieves)
Murdered by two men
Keith E. Jackson
Blunt Force Trauma
Ana Melisa Cortez
Stabbed to death
"Walquiria" (aka "Walter")
Shot to death
Billy Jean Lavette
Murdered via a wound to the back of the head.
James Jerome Mack
Beaten with beer bottles, sexually assaulted with a broom handle,
strangled with an electrical cord and then drowned in a bathtub. His body was
later set on fire in a trash can behind a church
Brandi Houston
Murdered, allegedly by Richard Masterson
Victor Pachas
Beaten, stabbed, slashed, and asphyxiated by Carlos Camacho
Francisco Javier Luna
Multiple gunshot wounds, including ones to the face, stomach, and
shoulder.
Robert Martin
Severly beaten
Antonio Johnson
Shot
Fred Martinez, Jr. (aka Fredericka, F.C.)
Cortez, Colorado
Bludgeoned to the head.
Della Reese (Lester Childress)
Multiple stab wounds
Willie Houston
Shot, allegedly by Lewis Maynard Davidson III
Loni Okaruru
Blunt force trauma to the head.
Nicole Lee Anderson (Thomas Shrom)
Sep-01
Bludgeoned with a claw hammer, by Randy Loomis
Joanne Lillecrapp
Adelaide, Australia
4-Nov-01
Murdered
Jamie (James)
Beaten to death in her own doorway
Terrianne Summers
Shot
Raymond Nonato
Taguatinga, Brazil
23-Dec-01
Machete wounds from Hermano Sabino Vieira
Michelle Paz
Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
11-Jan-02
Shot four times
Bibi Barajas (Hugo Cesar Barajas)
Shot multiple times
Faye Urry (Fabian Paquette)
Murdered by Dale William Eliason
Leonela Valero Parra
Zulia, Venezuela
8-Feb-02
Shot twice
Amy (Raymond) Soos
Murdered
Unidentified Filipino transsexual
Stabbed in the neck and chest
Luciana Dos Santos Oliveira Mazza
Miramare, Italy
28-Feb-02
Shot, by Giuseppe D'Agostino
Anjie Milano (Andy Rafael Milano)
Valencia, Venuezula
Mar-02
Murdered
Alejandro Ray Lucero
Murdered
Antonia K.
Attacked and killed
Pilar (
Murdered
Hector Arturo Diaz
Shot in the back
Stabbed, allegedly by Michael Jennings
Unidentified transvestite
Beaten to death
Aretha "ReRe" Scott (Franklin Freeman)
Bled to death after being shot in the leg
Nguyen Bui Linh
Stabbed by Tran Quoc Dung and Nguyen Binh Hung
Raimundo Rocha Alves
Sorocaba, Brazil
18-Jul-02
Head wounds from a blunt weapon
Paola Matos
Strangled
Deasha Andrews
Shot multiple times
Stephanie Thomas
Shot multiple times
Ukea Davis
Shot multiple times
Sidnei Geber Aguila
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Shot three times by a motorcyclist
Daniel Phillip “Danielle”
Single gunshot wound to the head, allegedly by Jason Lee Starkey
Ontwon Curtis
Shot several times in the chest
Gwen Araujo
Beaten and strangled
Amanda Jofré Cerda
Murdered, allegedly by Winston Michelson del Canto
Chandini, aka Nazir
Bangalore, India
1-Dec-02
Burned to death
Ze Galhinha
Dec-02
Shot to death, allegedly by a military police officer.
Fernanda (Boris Javier) Covarrubias
Mutilated
Tamyra Michaels
Shot to death
Beaten with a baseball bat, allegedly by Joe Tua
"Bucket" Coleman.
Roberta Nizah Morris
Beaten with a crowbar
Timothy "Cinnamon" Broadus
Shot multiple times
Nikki Nicholas
Shot to death
Danisha Victoria Principal Williams
Murdered
Unknown Transgendered woman
Stabbed multiple times
Ronald Andrew Brown
Frenchville, North
Stabbed to death, allegedly by Jason Edward Piper
Merlinka (Vjeran Miladinovic)
Beaten to death
Jorge Rafael Cruz
Guatamala City, Guatamala
Murdered
Kim Mimi Young
Stabbed to death
Jessica Mercado
Stabbed multiple times, then burnt
Hendricks Thomas aka Tanesha Starr
Stabbed multiple times
Shelby Tracey Tom
Murdered, allegedly by Jatin Patel
Michael Charles Hurd
Shot to death
Dayana Valverde
Guatamala City, Guatamala
1-Jul-03
Shot
Rogelio Jiménez Cortez
Guatamala City, Guatamala
4-Jul-03
Shot
Ericka (Erick David) Yáńez
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
15-Jul-03
Shot and killed, allegedly by a police officer
Cinnamon (Kendrick) Perry
Shot to death
Nireah Johnson
Shot to death, allegedly by Paul Anthony Moore
Brandie Coleman
Indianapolis, Indiana
22-Jul-03
Shot to death, allegedly by Paul Anthony Moore
Selena Álvarez-Hernández
Stabbed several times
Amirilis
Shot to death
Marcelo Cesar Goulart
Stabbed several times
Bella Evangelista
Washington, D.C.
Shot, allegedly by Antoine Jacobs
Emonie Kiera Spaulding
Shot, allegedly by Antwan D. Lewis. Emonie also had severe head
wounds.
Cassandra "Tula" Do
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26-Aug-03
Strangled
Enrico Taglialatela
Napoli, Italy
30-Aug-03
Burned
Ricardo "Sindy" Cuarda
San Pablo, California
30-Sep-03
Shot multiple times
Adrian Torres de Assuncao
Bludgeoned and dumped along site the road
Erika Johana
Bludgeoned
Rider Orcero
Strangled
Shot multiple times
Lee "
Stabbed nine times in the neck and chest
Reshae McCauley
Severe upper body trauma
Pedro Cruz Ramos
San Juan, Puerto Rico
4-Feb-04
Shot, allegedly by Eliezer Santana Baez
Unknown transperson
Murdered
Precious Armani
Shot in the Head
Mickey Ward-El Smith
Shot ten times
Augusto Flores Munoz
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shot, allegedly by Eliezer Santana Baez
Cedric Thomas
Baton Rogue,
Shot multiple times
Unknown transperson
Murdered
Unknown transperson
Shot to death (first of two)
Unknown transperson
Shot to death (second of two)
Gennaro Rizzo
Caserta, Italy
13-Jul-04
Stabbed several times in the thorax and elsewhere
Darryl Fearon
16-Jul-04
Stabbed
Leandro Bispo Estavao
Boltiere in Bergamo, Italy
Stabbed
Tony "Delicious" Green
Beaten
Rivera Rene
Throat cut
Joel Robles
Stabbed
Bella Martinez
Shot
Andre
Bludgeoned to death
Divas B
Beaten to death
Unknown Transsexual
Beaten to death
Unnamed transwoman
Incinerated
Luana
Migliarino, Italy
3-Dec-04
Shot in the back of the head
Stabbed
C. Hernández
Mendoza, Argentina
20-Dec-04
Stabbed multiple times, allegedly by Pablo Corvalán
Robert Binenfeld
Strangled by Jason Bardsley
Felicia Moreno
Shot twice by Patrick Edward Vallor
Ryan Shey Hoskie
Undetermined; body did show signs of upper body trauma.
Unnamed transwoman
Murdered
Ronnie Paris, Jr.
Beaten to death by his father, Ronnie Paris, Sr.
Karlien Carstens
Okahandja, Namibia
16-Feb-05
Strangled
Unnamed transwoman
Murdered
Eddie "Michelle" Lee
Daly City, California
1-Mar-05
Multiple stab wounds
Phool Chand Yadav
Lucknow, India
17-Mar-05
Murdered
Alejandra Galicio
Bahia Blanca, Argentina
12-Apr-05
Beaten to death
Ashley Nickson
Dothan, Alabama
1-May-05
Shot multiple times
Amancio "Delilah" Corrales
Yuma, Arizona
6-May-05
Violent trauma
Julio Argueta
Miami, Florida
16-May-05
Stabbed twelve times, allegedly by John Valdespino
Timothy Blair, Jr.
Louisville, Kentucky
22-May-05
Shot multiple times
Marisa
Buenos Aires, Argentina
28-May-05
Stabbed 15 times
Kasha Blue, aka Antonio Wright, aka Sydney
Chicago, Illinois
18-Jun-05
Stabbed
Irene
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jul-05
Stabbed several times