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Dallas Police Ask FBI For Help In Another Black Transgender Woman’s Death
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A transgender woman was found dead in a Dallas lake Saturday, CNN reported, marking the second time a transgender person was found dead in the city this year.
The Dallas Police Department is asking the FBI for help in solving Chynal Lindsey’s death as well as the unsolved murder of another transgender black woman found earlier this year, CNN said.
“The Dallas Police Department has reached out to the FBI because as we know, this is the second individual who is transgender who is deceased in our community,” Dallas police Chief Renee Hall said at a press conference Monday according to ABC News. “We are concerned. We are actively and aggressively investigating this case and we have reached out to our federal partners to assist us in these efforts.”
The cause of death was not announced, but Lindsey’s body had “obvious signs of homicidal violence,” said Hall, according to ABC News.
Muhlaysia Booker, another black transgender woman, was found shot to death on May 18 in Dallas. Before her death, Booker was the reported victim of a violent beating in April.
Hall said that they aren’t sure if the killings are related, ABC News said. She asked the public to come forward with any information that would help the unsolved cases.
Other attacks on transgender women in Dallas include the 2018 murder of Brittany White and the 2018 near-fatal stabbing of another transgender woman, ABC said.
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