Skylar Heath, 20, is the 40th known trans person to have been murdered in the US this year after she was killed on November 4 in Miami, Florida; her death has only recently been publicly confirmed.
According to Planet Transgender, Heath was found dead in the city’s Liberty City neighbourhood as a result of gunshot wounds.
Her death has only recently been reported as she was misgendered and deadnamed in an obituary. The incident is being investigated as a homicide but it is unclear if it is being treated as a hate crime, as the Miami-Dade County police have not released any further information.
Heath, who was laid to rest on November 21, was described as a “kind and gentle soul” who “loved people in general.” Tori Cooper, the director of.