Pgh Lesbian Correspondents

Our list from 2014

• June 3^rd :  the body of Kandy Hall was discovered in a field in northeast Baltimore in what local police believe to be a homicide.
• June 12^th: Zoraida Reyes’s body was discovered behind a Dairy Queen in Anaheim, California. Her death has been ruled suspicious by investigators because it is believed her body was moved to that location, but has not yet been ruled a homicide.
• June 19^th: the body of Yaz’min Shancez was found behind a Budget Truck Rental on Powell Street in Fort Myers, Florida.  According to local media reports, local police believe her death to be a homicide, and her body had been burned.
• June 26^th: Tiff Edwards was found shot to death in the middle of the road in Walnut Hills, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.
• July 16^th: Mia Henderson was discovered in an alley in Baltimore, Maryland while police were serving a search warrant in the area.  According to police, she appears to have died from trauma to the body, indicating homicide.
• August 15^th: An unidentified gender non-conforming person was the victim of a homicide in Detroit, Michigan.  Detroit Police have arrested Eduardo Moss, who they believe was the victim’s partner, in connection to this homicide.  Local authorities also believe this homicide is connected to two other attacks against transgender women in Michigan in August.
• September 7^th: Alejandra Leos, a transgender woman of color, was shot outside her home following a domestic dispute that originated within the home.  Marshall Pegues, age 21, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death.
• October 2^nd: Aniya Parker was fatally shot in the head in Los Angeles, California in what the police categorized as a botched robbery.
• October 26: Ashley Sherman was found in an Indianapolis parking lot with massive head trauma.
• November – Gizzy Fowler murdered outside of Nashville, TN.  She was 24.
• Deshawnda “Tata” Sanchez – 21, December 2014
• Keymori Johnson – 24, December 2014