{"id":19646,"date":"2013-11-16T22:12:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T03:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=19646"},"modified":"2013-11-16T22:12:35","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T03:12:35","slug":"transgender-woman-murdered-in-south-side-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2013\/11\/transgender-woman-murdered-in-south-side-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Woman Murdered in South Side Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tumblr_inline_mwbwf3xvnc1s17y4x.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-19647\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_mwbwf3XVnc1s17y4x\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tumblr_inline_mwbwf3xvnc1s17y4x.jpg?resize=336%2C448\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color:#000000\">via<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color:#0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gayrva.com\/news-views\/transgender-woman-murdered-in-south-side-richmond-vigil-to-be-held-today-at-5pm\/\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff\">GayRVA.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Amari S Hill, a Baltimore native now residing in Richmond, was found shot dead in a Richmond\u2019s South Side alley way last Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Unconfirmed reports have stated that Hill was found shot multiple times, including a shot to the groin area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">An\u00a0unidentified\u00a0member of the local sexual-minority health community confirmed Hill had started transitioning about 2 months ago and was still early to the process. Hill had not begun hormone treatments, but friends say she had begun the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">\u201cHis(sic) birthday was yesterday, he(sic) was only 22 when he(sic) died\u2026 he(sic) would have been 23,\u201d said Hill\u2019s friend Danielle Davis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Hill\u2019s sexual identity was an issue with her family, according to Davis who knew Hill to dress as a women quite a bit, but when with family she would \u201ctone it done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Davis said when she heard of Hill\u2019s murder she knew it was a crime against her gender identity, but details were thin. On Wesdnesday, however, Davis was told by one of Hill\u2019s family members she had been shot in the groin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">\u201cWhen they found him, he was Amari (in women\u2019s clothes),\u201d said Davis.\u00a0\u201dThis could have been anybody\u2019s baby, and I just can\u2019t let it go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Richmond Police have yet to respond to questions about the case \u2013 and email sent to a member of the trans community from LGBT Liaison Odetta Johnson said \u201cthe detectives are in the early stages of the investigation\u201d but no other details were given.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wtvr.com\/2013\/11\/10\/police-body-found-in-southside-alley\/\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff\">Early media reports of this murder<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color:#000000\">used Amari\u2019s male name, Rodney White, and male pronouns, but no additional details were provided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thepeoplesvoicenewspaper.tumblr.com\/post\/67098491158\/transgender-woman-murdered-in-south-side-richmond\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff\">Fuente<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via\u00a0GayRVA.com Amari S Hill, a Baltimore native now residing in Richmond, was found shot dead in a Richmond\u2019s South Side alley way last Sunday. 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