Police in Fresno, Calif., are searching
for unidentified suspects in connection with the Thursday early morning
stabbing death of 66-year-old K.c. Haggard, who local advocates say was a
trans woman.
Although this murder was captured on video and shown on television and online by a local TV station, The Advocate has
chosen to not display the graphic moment the victim was slashed. A link
is provided below for those who choose to view that report.
Haggard was fatally stabbed in the neck at 1:43 a.m. on Thursday by
the front-seat passenger in a light-colored Saturn SUV at the corner of
Blackstone Avenue and Cornell Avenue, reports Fresno news station KSFN-TV.
In security camera footage of the incident captured from across the
street by Most Wanted Tattoo Shop, the person is seen calling the victim
over to speak to her for less than one minute before striking as soon
as Haggard leans closer into the window.
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Police are investigating Haggard's death
as a homicide, but local trans advocates say it was a hate crime. Karen
Adell Scot, executive director of TransCare, told KSFN she believes the
killing was hate-motivated because it did not appear to be an attempted
robbery. ""There was no purse taken, they didn't even try to take it,"
Scot explained.
Scot, who was allowed by authorities to see the security camera footage of Haggard's death, described to The Advocate that
Haggard's attacker struck once with "a thin straight blade" in a
seemingly "purposeful" motion to her left carotid artery. "I am a
trained knife fighter," Scot explained. "This was a planned death
strike."
WATCH: Fresno, California Murder Marks 11th Killing of a Trans Woman in U.S. This Year | Advocate.com
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