Bianca “Muffin” Bankz, a 30-year-old black trans, is the 4th known trans person to have been killed in the US this year after she was found dead in her apartment in Atlanta.
According to local LGBTQ+ news outlet, Project Q Atlanta, Bankz was found dead on January 17 as a result of gunshot wounds.
She was found alongside the body of a man named Moses Allen, in what police expect was a murder-suicide incident. Although the relationship between Bankz and Allen is unclear, a senior police officer said they are “not looking for any outstanding people of interest in this case,” adding: “This was not random and is not a threat to the public.”Bankz’s vigil, from Project Q AtlantaBankz grew up in the foster care system, and although she had been.