A Union City man will enter a plea June 15 on a charge that he murdered a transgender woman he'd been romantically involved with last week in Milpitas.
As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, the killing of drag performer Natalia Smüt Lopez, 24, of San Jose, sent shockwaves through the South Bay's LGBTQ community.
Prosecutors allege in a complaint obtained by the B.A.R. that Elijah Cruz Segura, 22, stabbed Lopez to death early April 23.
The two had been dating for several months, according to a statement of facts from a detective. Segura was originally going to be arraigned April 27 at the San Jose Hall of Justice, but Segura's attorney, Peter Johnson, asked for more time to meet with his client, and that request was granted by Santa