Courtney “Eshay” Key, 25, has become the latest trans woman to be murdered in the United States this year. At least 42 trans people, mostly Black trans women, have been murdered in the United States in the past year.
Police initially listed Courtney’s identity as an unknown male, but her family told CBS that this was an “insult” to her life and her memory.
When CBS approached the police over the misgendering, they continued to list her as a male. Police found Courtney’s body at 8:35 am on Christmas Day on the south side of 82nd Street near Drexel Avenue.
Police originally believed that Courtney had been the victim of a hit and run, but they later discovered gunshot wounds on her body.