"Less Than Full Justice" for Murdered Transgender Teen (tags)
Almost three years after the brutal murder of transgender teen Gwen Araujo in Northern California, a Haywood jury finally convicted two of the defendants in their second trial. The jury hung as to a third defendant, however.
Will Murdered Transgender Teen Be Tried Postmortem? (tags)
Attorneys for defendants in Northern California trial for 2002 murder of Transgender woman plans a "blame the victim" defense.
Araujo Murder Trial Scheduled to Begin April 5 (tags)
On October 3, 2002, 17-year-old Gwen Araujo was slowly and brutally murdered at a party after young men with whom she had previously had sex discovered that she was anatomically male. After finishing their "Tony Soprano-type" hit, they drove the teen's body to a site over 150 miles away and buried her in a shallow grave.