Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, has been accused of killing four women, including one transgender woman. By Marissa Evans and Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: this story has been updated throughout A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been accused of going on a nearly two-week-long “serial killing spree”…
Jury Finds SA Man Guilty of Murdering Boyfriend, Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison
Updated: June 25, 2018 7:00 p.m. A jury has found a 32-year-old San Antonio man guilty and sentenced him to 60 years in prison for the October 2015 murder of his boyfriend during meth-fueled argument that led to the victim being stabbed repeatedly. During the trial in the 186th state District Court, presided by Judge…
Trial Begins for SA Man Accused of Stabbing Boyfriend to Death
The trial of a 32-year-old San Antonio man accused of murdering his boyfriend in October 2015 began on Tuesday, June 19 in the 186th state District Court, presided by Judge Jefferson Moore. David Asa Villarreal, who has pleaded not guilty, allegedly murdered his boyfriend, 29-year-old Aaron Estrada, by stabbing him to death in their apartment…
Suspect Arrested In Choking Death of Dallas Trans Woman
Police have arrested a male suspect in the murder of a Dallas trans woman after finding items belonging to the victim in his car during a traffic stop near Huntsville, Texas. On May 17, Jimmy Eugene Johnson III was charged with capital murder in the death of Carla Patricia Flores-Pavon, who was found in critical…
SA Police Seek Two Males Who Beat, Robbed Man During Sexual Hookup
Police are asking the public’s assistance in identifying two male suspects who beat up a man during what was supposed to be a sexual encounter and took his ATM card, withdrew money and made purchases. The incident occurred on Sunday, February 18 in the 100 block of Southwest Military Drive near South Flores Street. Police…
A Bungled Strategy in the Case of Kenne McFadden’s Death
San Antonio’s transgender community is angered and bewildered at how the man who admitted to pushing a local trans woman into the San Antonio River, where she drowned, was found not guilty of criminal conduct in a probation hearing. Mark Daniel Lewis was indicted for manslaughter last year by a Bexar County grand jury for…
Protest Planned After Judge Rules Kenne McFadden’s Death Not a Crime
LGBT activists are planning to protest after a local judge ruled that the actions of a man who pushed a transgender woman into the San Antonio River, thus causing her to drown, did not constitute criminal conduct. State District Judge Joey Contreras’ ruling took place during a probation revocation hearing for Mark Daniel Lewis who…
Trans Woman Shot at San Antonio Motel
San Antonio police are reporting that a transgender woman was shot at a local motel by a man she met on an internet dating site around 2 a.m. on Thursday, March 8. Police say the woman, who has not been identified, was staying at the Travelodge Inn & Suites at 2383 NE Interstate 410 Loop.…
Texas Man Gets 15 Years for Using Grindr to Target Gay Victims
Nigel Garrett from Frisco, Texas has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for federal hate crime and conspiracy charges after he admitted to targeting gay men using the Grindr hook-up app. Garrett and three accomplices, Anthony Shelton, Chancler Encalade Jr., and Cameron Ocion Ajiduah, had been charged hate crimes, kidnapping, carjacking and the use…
Houston Trans Woman is 28th Murdered in U.S. This Year
A transgender woman, who was gunned down at the corner of Brandon and Red Bud Streets in Houston’s Sunnyvale neighborhood on December 13, has become the 28th trans person murdered in the U.S. in 2017. Twenty-six-year-old Debarione “Brandi” Seals was in her car around 6 a.m. Neighbors told Fox 26 they heard a series of…