Black Trans Woman Found Dead in Dallas is 13th Trans Person Murdered in 2015
A 22-year-old woman found dead last month in Dallas is the 13th transgender person murdered in the US this year, eclipsing the total from all of 2014.
On Monday, police identified the body of Shade Schuler, which they found July 29 in a vacant field just west of 5600 Riverside Drive, near the Medical District. Schuler’s body was badly decomposed, according to police, and it took them nearly two weeks to identify her.
According to DPD, Schuler was wearing a blue and white cotton tube top with straps, blue shorts and black Nike flip flops. She was also wearing a black wig and sunglasses. Schuler had false fingernails with what appeared to be diamond studs on them with pink tips, DPD said.
On Tuesday, after I forwarded her an article about Schuler, Trans Pride Initiative’s Nell Gaither confirmed the victim was transgender.
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