WBBM reports. Friends and family members said they believe her death was an anti-trans hate crime.“I believe Eshay was targeted,” her longtime friend Beverly Ross told the station. “We need to get to the bottom of this because Black trans lives matter.
We are not going anywhere.” Police said they are investigating Key’s death as a homicide but would not comment on the motivation.Ross described her friend as fun-loving but also ambitious. “She wanted to be something,” Ross said. “She wanted to beat the odds.”Key was misgendered by police, to which Ross strenuously objected. “We are human.