Missing Florida trans woman found in Texas; not connected to Athens kidnapping
Julia da Silva Julia da Silva, a transgender woman last seen March 24 leaving her home in North Bay Village, Fla., has been located in Texas, according to a report by ABC News.
But despite rumors on social media, Da Silva was not the woman rescued from kidnappers Tuesday night, March 29, in Athens, just southeast of Dallas.
Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse confirmed that the woman rescued Tuesday night by his office was not da Silva. “That’s not what we are being told,” he said of the rumors.
Hillhouse did not identify the kidnapping victim. A spokeswoman for the North Bay Village police confirmed Wednesday afternoon that da Silva had been found in Texas, but said she could not give any more details because the investigation into the case is ongoing. According to ABC News reports, da Silva lives with two aunts in North Bay Village, an island town in Biscayne Bay near Miami.
