Remembering Our Dead

Simmie Williams Jr. ("Beyonce", "Chris")

Williams, who also was known as "Chris," "Beyonce," and "Lil Rick," was shot to death on the street while dressed in women's clothing.

Reports claimed that were a [sex worker] who identified as gay and 'sometimes dressed as a woman.'

Williams was dressed as a woman when [she] was killed, wearing a white T-shirt knotted up to reveal [her] midriff, police said. [Her] black Addidas bag, which [she] took everywhere and contained [her] ID, is missing, King said.

The killing took place on the corner of corner of Sistrunk Boulevard (Northwest Sixth Street) and 10th Avenue.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-murder-of-tim/143688162/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-murder-of-tim/143687783/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-murders-of-transgender/75599776/

Report added: 21 Sep 2025

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