KUSA. While he couldn’t complete the degree, he still wanted to use the knowledge he had.Specifically, one case stood out to him.
It involved an unidentified trans woman who was called Julie Doe. Authorities believe she was killed in Florida in 1988. In 2015, investigators found that she was trans.
The case led Rise to question how many other times possible murder victims have been misgendered, especially cases where the person's gender identity may have been a factor in their killings.“How many other people are out there like that — unidentified — that could have been trans, but you never know it because they can’t speak for themselves anymore?