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Mississippi: Transgender Woman Dee Whigham Murdered

HeadlineJul 26, 2016

In Mississippi, a U.S. Navy sailor has been charged in the murder of 25-year-old transgender woman Dee Whigham, who was found stabbed to death in a hotel room Saturday. The alleged killer is 20-year-old Dwanya Hickerson, who was in training at Mississippi’s Keesler Air Force Base. Police say they are investigating the murder as a possible hate crime. Dee Whigham had recently begun her medical career as a nurse at a medical center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. At least 15 transgender people been murdered this year, following a record of more than 20 killings in 2015.

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