Beloved Florida LGBTQ+ rights activist found dead in local landfill
On 3 January, Jorge – a beloved figure in the local LGBTQ+ community – was reported missing at the start of the month. After a five day search, the Tallahassee Police found his body face down in the local landfill on 8 January.
Since the discovery, authorities have ruled the 54-year-old’s death as a homicide – possibly due to foul play. Jorge’s husband Don opened up about his painful loss in a statement to Facebook. “There are just no words for the loss of my beloved husband Jorge Isaias Diaz-Johnston.
I can’t stop crying as I try and write this,” he wrote. “But he meant so much to all of you as he did to me. So I am fighting through the tears to share with you our loss of him. “Please share the news with everyone you can.
He touched so many people with his kind and generous heart. “It seems impossible to even fathom how to tell them all. But if you want to help, that is how you can.
