25 trans women of color have been killed in 2 years.
Elisha Walker, 20

Walker, a 20-year-old transgender woman who went missing in November, was found in a shallow grave in North Carolina earlier this month, according to the Guardian. Angel Dejesus Arias, a reported member of the Latin Kings gang, has been arrested in connection with her death.
Ashton O'Hara, 25

O'Hara, a black transgender woman, was found dead in a Detroit field July 14.
Shade Schuler, 22

Schuler’s body was found in a field in Dallas in July. Her body was so badly decomposed that it took two weeks to positively identify her remains.
Amber Monroe, 20

Monroe was fatally shot in Detroit on Aug. 8.
India Clarke, 25

Clarke was found beaten to death near a Florida playground in July. Keith Gaillard has been arrested and charged with her murder.
K.C. Haggard, 66

Haggard was fatally stabbed in Fresno, California, in July. A local news station obtained video footage of the attack.
Papi Edwards, 20

Edwards, who identified as a transgender woman, was found shot to death Jan. 9 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Lamia Beard, 30

Beard was shot to death in Norfolk, Virginia, on Jan. 17.
Ty Underwood, 24

Underwood was fatally shot on Jan. 26 in North Tyler, Texas. A suspect has been arrested and charged with her death.
Yazmin Vash Payne, 33

Payne was found shot to death at the scene of a house fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 31. Her boyfriend, Ezekiel Dear, has been arrested and charged in her death.
Taja Gabrielle DeJesus, 36

DeJesus was a Latina transgender woman who was found stabbed to death in a San Francisco stairwell on Feb. 1.
Penny Proud, 21

Proud was found shot and killed in New Orleans on Feb. 10. She was the victim of an apparent robbery, according to police.
Kristina Gomez Reinwald, 46

Reinwald was a Latina transgender woman who was found unresponsive in her Miami home on Feb. 15. Her death is being investigated as a homicide.
London Chanel, 21

Chanel was found stabbed to death in Philadelphia on May 8. Her roommate, a 31-year-old man, has been arrested for her death.
Mercedes Williamson, 17

Williamson was found buried in a Mississippi field on May 30. Josh Brandon Vallum, 28, was arrested in connection with her murder, reportedly after telling his father about the crime.
Kandy Hall, 40

Hall was found dead in a North Baltimore field in early June. Her death marked one of several attacks against transgender people in that city.
Zoraida Reyes, 28

Reyes, a Latina activist, was found dead in a Dairy Queen parking lot in Los Angeles on June 12, 2014. A man named Randy Lee Parkerson was arrested and charged with her murder.
Yaz'min Shancez, 31

Shancez’s dead body was found burned in a garbage bin at Budget Rental Truck in Fort Meyers, Florida, in June 2014.
Tiff Edwards, 28

Edwards was found shot to death in the middle of the street in a suburb of Ohio on June 26, 2014.
Mia Henderson, 26

Henderson was found dead in a Baltimore alley in June 2014. Her death received widespread attention when it was revealed that her brother was NBA player Reggie Bullock.
Deshawnda “Ta Ta” Sanchez, 21

Sanchez was a black transgender woman who was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Dec. 3, 2014.
Aniya Parker, 47

Parker was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Oct. 2, 2014. Police investigated the case as a robbery gone awry, and arrested one person while looking for two others.
Alejandra Leos, 41

Leos was shot and killed after an argument with Marshall Pegues in Memphis, Tennessee, in Sept. 2014. Pegues was later arrested and charged with her murder.
Ashley Sherman, 25

Sherman was found dead in an Indianapolis parking lot in Oct. 2014.
Gizzy Fowler, 24

Fowler’s body was found in the driveway of an empty Tennessee home in Nov. 2014.






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