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| A transgender woman’s body was pulled from a Dallas lake over the weekend, marking the latest death of a transgender person being investigated by homicide detectives in the Texas city, police said Monday. | A transgender woman’s body was pulled from a Dallas lake over the weekend, marking the latest death of a transgender person being investigated by homicide detectives in the Texas city, police said Monday. |
| The police chief, U Reneé Hall, said there were “obvious signs of homicidal violence” in 26-year-old Chynal Lindsey’s death but did not elaborate or say how investigators believed she died. | The police chief, U Reneé Hall, said there were “obvious signs of homicidal violence” in 26-year-old Chynal Lindsey’s death but did not elaborate or say how investigators believed she died. |
| A game warden pulled her body from White Rock lake on Saturday evening. Her case is one of four open homicide investigations involving black transgender women in the north Texas city dating back to 2015, said Maj Vincent Weddington. | A game warden pulled her body from White Rock lake on Saturday evening. Her case is one of four open homicide investigations involving black transgender women in the north Texas city dating back to 2015, said Maj Vincent Weddington. |
| Trans woman seeking asylum dies after pleading for medical help in US custody | Trans woman seeking asylum dies after pleading for medical help in US custody |
| “We are concerned,” Hall said. “And we are actively and aggressively investigating this case.” | “We are concerned,” Hall said. “And we are actively and aggressively investigating this case.” |
| Hall said detectives did not have evidence to establish a connection between Lindsey’s death and the killings of the other transgender women. But even before her body was found, police were investigating whether the shooting deaths of two transgender women and the nonfatal stabbing of a third were linked. | Hall said detectives did not have evidence to establish a connection between Lindsey’s death and the killings of the other transgender women. But even before her body was found, police were investigating whether the shooting deaths of two transgender women and the nonfatal stabbing of a third were linked. |
| Chief Renee Hall says the Dallas Police Department is “concerned” and “actively and aggressively investigating” after the death of another Black transgender woman in Dallas. Chynal Lindsey’s death is being investigated as a homicide. @NBCDFW https://t.co/30qe130QUa pic.twitter.com/c5ousLsJzR | |
| Hall said the department had asked the FBI to assist in its investigation. A spokeswoman for the federal agency said it was “prepared to assist” if evidence of a potential civil rights violation came to light. | Hall said the department had asked the FBI to assist in its investigation. A spokeswoman for the federal agency said it was “prepared to assist” if evidence of a potential civil rights violation came to light. |
| In May, someone killed 23-year-old Muhlaysia Booker a month after a cellphone video showed her being brutally beaten in a seemingly separate attack. | In May, someone killed 23-year-old Muhlaysia Booker a month after a cellphone video showed her being brutally beaten in a seemingly separate attack. |
| Last October, Brittany White, a 29-year-old transgender woman, was found shot to death in a vehicle parked near an elementary school in far south-eastern Dallas, police said. | Last October, Brittany White, a 29-year-old transgender woman, was found shot to death in a vehicle parked near an elementary school in far south-eastern Dallas, police said. |
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