The Mercury News reports. She and one other person died. The report of her death means that at least 41 trans people have died by violence in the U.S.
in 2020, the most in any year since media and activists began tracking these deaths.The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office identified Fial last week.
The other person who died, identified earlier, was John Paulson, 45.Fernando Jesus Lopez, 32, is charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, according to The Mercury News.
He had been a shelter client and volunteer for some time, and the night of the attack he was helping Fial set up mats for clients to sleep on.But then, police say, he stabbed Paulson with a chef’s knife, then another man, then.