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Vigil for slain transgender woman draws over 200By Lou Chibbaro Jr. on February 8, 2012
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Over 200 people attended a candlelight vigil held for murdered trans woman Deoni Jones. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)More than 200 people turned out for a candlelight vigil Tuesday night at the site of a Northeast Washington bus stop where transgender woman Deoni Jones, 23, was fatally stabbed on Feb. 2 while waiting for a bus.
Surrounded by family members and friends, Jones' stepfather, Alvin Bethea, made an emotional appeal for witnesses to come forward to identify a male suspect that police believe stabbed Jones in the face about 8:15 p.m. at the bus stop at East Capitol Street and Sycamore Road, N.E.
"We suspect that the person who did this lives in this community or hangs out in this community," Bethea said. "Help the Metropolitan Police Department out... If anybody knows anything, please contact them."
