The News of Port Arthur reports.Port Arthur police initially investigated, but now police in nearby Beaumont have taken over the case, due to evidence that she was killed in Beaumont and then taken to the canal.
They have not commented on how she was killed.Local media have called Evans a transient who had spent time in Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Houston, but her mother told San Antonio TV station WOAI that Evans could turn to family members for shelter.“My child was loving.
My child was very happy. My child lived in her truth every day,” Joy Griffin said.Evans had been harassed for being transgender and was even shot when walking with a group of friends in 2017, Griffin said.Griffin hopes to start a support group, called Aidelen’s Angels,.