Jennifer
Age 235 Apr 2025
Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Stabbed
Jennifer was killed on a date. She had fled to Abidjan in 2021 after fleeing from Benin, where she had been assaulted in a bar and stripped naked in public.
Jennifer, age 23, had been living in Ivory Coast for four years after fleeing her native Benin after she was assaulted in a bar there and stripped naked in public. Since 2021, she had thought she had found a relative haven of peace in Ivory Coast, where she could enjoy her trans identity in peace, far from the inquisitive eyes of her family.
Until recently, Ivory Coast had been seen as relatively tolerant towards LGBT people, but that image has been shattered by a wave of anti-LGBT hate speech and violence.
According to those close to Jennifer, she apparently met her murderer on a social network, but had taken precautions before meeting him. She told him beforehand that she was a trans woman in order to avoid any misunderstanding.
She also avoided going out at night to meet him in an unfamiliar neighborhood. Instead, she arranged to meet him at her home. However, on the night of April 4-5, she was found lifeless in her home, stabbed to death and lying in a pool of blood.
Before the tragedy, feeling the need to be proactive, she had taken care to send close friends a photo of the young man she was about to meet. As a result, after the murder, the identity of her assailant was quickly revealed on the web.
https://76crimes.com/2025/04/14/transfemicide-in-abidjan-shakes-ivory-coast/
https://x.com/nanana365media/status/1910410490146074883
