Two black trans women, Dominique Lucious and Jaida Peterson, have become the 13th and 14th trans people to have been killed in the US this year.
Peterson was dead found in a hotel in North Carolina on April 4 after police were called to perform a welfare check.
According to Planet Transgender, the incident is being treated as a homicide but authorities have not yet announced the cause of death.
Four days later, 26-year-old Lucious, was found her dead in an apartment in Springfield, Missouri after a 911 caller reported that someone had been shot. Charles Nelson, a 28-year-old man, has been identified as a prime suspect and is due to go to court over the incident.Jaida Peterson Speaking to KY3 News, Lucious’s cousin, Ciara Williams, said she.