“There is no evidence or information gathered that leads us to
believe there is any such pattern or trend involved,” said a Sheriff’s
Office spokesperson.
But Paige Mahogany, who leads the Jacksonville Transgender Awareness Project, said she believes a serial killer is at work.
“The transgender community feels like there’s a target on their backs. We don’t feel safe in Jacksonville.”
Mahogany also said that there’s a bad relationship between the police and transgender people in Jacksonville.
“Every day, there are a lot of crimes not being reported, because
when the sheriffs come out, the sheriffs make the girls feel like
suspects, not victims,” she said. “A lot of these girls are being beaten
up, they’re being robbed, they’re being assaulted, but they’re not
reaching out to the police department.”
Gina Duncan of Equality Florida said that a part of the tension comes
from how Jacksonville police misgender victims of violent crimes.
Is a serial killer to blame for multiple murders of trans women in Florida? / LGBTQ Nation
See also:: 3 of the 13 confirmed transgender homicides nationwide this year have occurred in Jacksonville
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