Age 26
1 Apr 2020
Newark, New Jersey (USA)
Not reported
Ashley was found dead with unexplained and serious injuries outside Newark YMCA on Wednesday 1st April but her body was cremated without an autopsy. Four months later, police finally started to investigate her death.
Age 33
28 Mar 2020
Harlem, New York (USA)
Stabbed
Lexi’s throat was cut early on Saturday 28th March. Her assailant escaped on a motor scooter.
Age 34
18 Mar 2020
Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)
Shot
Monica was shot multiple times while medics were trying to treat her inside an ambulance. A suspect has been arrested on murder charges.
Age 19
March 5, 2020
Moca, Puerto Rico
Beaten
Arocho was allegedly assaulted five hours prior to his death, at which time his mother. There is little information about any investigation following.
Alexa Neulisa Luciano Ruiz
Age Unknown
Feb 25, 2020
Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Murdered
Ruiz appeared to have been targeted by her killers after a social media post claimed a homeless transgender woman was using the women’s restroom. Her attackers followed her in a car, filmed the brutal killing and posted it online.
Age 25
1 Jan 2020
McAlester, Oklahoma (USA)
Shot
Dustin was shot while driving for the taxi firm he co-founded, which was offering people free rides home on the night of New Year’s Eve. He died at the scene.
Age 26
29 Dec 2019
Washington, D.C. (USA)
Shot
Mia was killed by armed members of a private security company while responding to a call about an intruder in a vacant DC apartment building reportedly used for sex work.
Age 33
19 Dec 2019
Brooklyn, New York (USA)
Shot
Yahira was found dead by police who were called to her apartment. She had been shot in the chest and leg. A man has been arrested trying to escape from the scene.
Age 21
10 Dec 2019
Hyattsville, Maryland (USA)
Not reported
Angel was found in an unresponsive state in an apartment on Tuesday 10th December but died before reaching hospital. The Angel Rose Artist Collective is named in her memory.
Age 17
7 Dec 2019
Larch Mountain, Oregon (USA)
Murdered
The skeletal remains of Nikki’s body were found near Larch Mountain on 7th December. She had been missing since 6th June, 2019.
Nikki was from Vancouver in nearby Washington State. She was 17 at the time she disappeared, but by the time her body was found she would have been 18. The date she died has not been confirmed, but cell phone records on the day of her disappearance put her alleged killer in the area where her body was later found.
