https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports?from=1997-10-01&to=1998-09-30&country=&filter=&view=list Remembering trans people lost to violence or suicide en-us https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/images/tdor_candle_jars.jpg https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info tdor@translivesmatter.info4774dd49https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/09/20/chanel-chandler_clovis-california-usa_4774dd49violence/stabbedChanel Chandler
Age 22
20 Sep 1998
Clovis, California,USA)
Stabbed

Chanel was stabbed to death, allegedly by Christopher Joseph Lopez and a 16-year-old friend.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info1613fc4bhttps://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/09/11/monique-thomas_dorchester-massachusetts-usa_1613fc4bviolence/murderedMonique Thomas
Age 35
11 Sep 1998
Dorchester, Massachusetts,USA)
Murdered

Monique's body was not discovered for a week after she was murdered. Her jewelry, credit cards, and car were stolen after her death.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.infob8e0a927https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/09/08/v-olvera_fort-worth-texas-usa_b8e0a927violence/shotV. Olvera
Age 19
8 Sep 1998
Fort Worth, Texas,USA)
Shot

V. was shot multiple times with a shotgun by her former lover Isaac Fountain. Fountain had hunted her down after he found out that she was trans.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info080315fehttps://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/08/18/jamaica-green_new-york-usa_080315feviolence/stabbedJamaica Green
Age 36
18 Aug 1998
New York,USA)
Stabbed

Jamaica was stabbed multiple times by Eric Carolina.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info8d06870ahttps://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/08/04/luana-da-silva-lago_salvador-bahia-brazil_8d06870aviolence/drownedLuana da Silva Lago
4 Aug 1998
Salvador, Bahia,Brazil)
Drowned

Luana was drowned.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info7042ed8ahttps://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/07/31/tiny-gibson_el-cajon-california-usa_7042ed8aviolence/stabbedTiny Gibson
Age 32
31 Jul 1998
El Cajon, California,USA)
Stabbed

Tiny suffered multiple stab wounds after being stabbed by Shawn Keith Wilson. When tried he attempted to use the trans panic defence.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info7631f3efhttps://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/05/15/sigfrilda-shantall-pastor-arguelles_catacamas-olancho-honduras_7631f3efviolence/stabbedSigfrilda Shantall Pastor Arguelles
Age 50
15 May 1998
Catacamas, Olancho,Honduras)
Stabbed

Sigfrilda was stabbed in the neck. She was intersex, worked as a dentist, and in 1997 had become the first trans woman to be legally recognised as female by the Honduran state....]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info2ed66b10https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/05/05/karla-barrahona_el-salvador_2ed66b10violence/shotKarla Barrahona
5 May 1998
El Salvador
Shot

Karla died from gunshot wounds to the throat and thorax received eight days prior.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.infob30438a0https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/04/04/regina-haskins_new-york-usa_b30438a0violence/shotRegina Haskins
4 Apr 1998
New York,USA)
Shot

Regina was shot at least twice - once in the neck and once in the head.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info65d28312https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/03/24/leslie-regeanne_chicago-illinois-usa_65d28312violence/run overLeslie Re'Geanne
24 Mar 1998
Chicago, Illinois,USA)
Run over

Leslie was killed in a hit and run incident.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.infoa79567b1https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/02/24/jacqueline-julita-anderson-octavia_portland-oregon-usa_a79567b1violence/shotJacqueline Julita Anderson ("Octavia")
Age 29
24 Feb 1998
Portland, Oregon,USA)
Shot

Jacqueline and her cisgender partner Barbara Gilpin were shot in the head with a shotgun by Jacqueline's ex Eric Walter Running.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info9ac276e4https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1998/02/13/tasha-dunn_tampa-florida-usa_9ac276e4violence/beatenTasha Dunn
Age 42
13 Feb 1998
Tampa, Florida,USA)
Beaten

Tasha was found beaten to death in a parking lot behind a vacant building.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info3f3a72d3https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/12/31/name-unknown_madrid-spain_3f3a72d3violence/murderedName Unknown
31 Dec 1997
Madrid,Spain)
Murdered

The victim was murdered in Madrid sometime during 1997. No other information is known.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.infoe614e15dhttps://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/12/24/vianna-faye-williams-felicia_jersey-city-new-jersey-usa_e614e15dviolence/stabbedVianna Faye Williams ("Felicia")
Age 36
24 Dec 1997
Jersey City, New Jersey,USA)
Stabbed

Vianna suffered nine stab wounds to back, neck, and chest. The suspect was a 12-year-old boy.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info98cd6db0https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/12/05/ali-heshun-forney_new-york-usa_98cd6db0violence/shotAli He'shun Forney
Age 22
5 Dec 1997
New York,USA)
Shot

Ali was found with a gunshot wound to the head by police on the sidewalk in front of a housing project on East 131st Street in Harlem at 4 a.m. on 5th December 1997.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info8063c72fhttps://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/12/04/yamile-lee_san-diego-california-usa_8063c72fviolence/stabbedYamile Lee
4 Dec 1997
San Diego, California,USA)
Stabbed

Yamile was stabbed to death with a large butcher knife. In December 2007 Luis Garces was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 28 years to life in prison.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info0a32fac3https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/11/30/jerrell-williams_mobile-alabama-usa_0a32fac3violence/stabbedJerrell Williams
Age 19
30 Nov 1997
Mobile, Alabama,USA)
Stabbed

Jerrell was stabbed and slashed in the throat by Tavares Demetrius some time during November 1997. Seven years later Demetrius pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 15...]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info617d9485https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/11/10/m-e-murray_st-louis-missouri-usa_617d9485violence/shotM. E. Murray
Age 30
10 Nov 1997
St. Louis, Missouri,USA)
Shot

M. was shot several times.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info16d17238https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/10/31/vanessa-barry-lane_snowtown-south-australia-australia_16d17238violence/dismemberedVanessa/Barry Lane
Age 42
31 Oct 1997
Snowtown, South Australia,Australia)
Dismembered

Lane's dismembered body was found by police in a drum in the bank vault in Snowtown, along with the body of Michael Gardiner.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.infoefea4da1https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/10/15/robert-h-jones_new-castle-delaware-usa_efea4da1violence/stabbedRobert H. Jones
Age 30
15 Oct 1997
New Castle, Delaware,USA)
Stabbed

Robert was stabbed by Ronald Taltoan. During his trial, Taltoan used a trans panic defence and blamed the victim for their own death.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info59232476https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/10/02/maria-la-conchita-palencia_ciudad-de-guatemala-guatemala_59232476violence/shotMaria La Conchita Palencia
2 Oct 1997
Ciudad de Guatemala,Guatemala)
Shot

Maria was shot repeatedly in the stomach.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08 tdor@translivesmatter.info608075b6https://tdor2.translivesmatter.info/reports/1997/10/01/stacey-estupinian_ciudad-de-guatemala-guatemala_608075b6violence/murderedStacey Estupinian
1 Oct 1997
Ciudad de Guatemala,Guatemala)
Murdered

Stacey was murdered. No other information is known.]]>2025-09-21 09:26:08