Murdered prostitute had undergone sex change operation

[Butterfly]

Murdered prostitute had undergone sex change operation
Telegraph UK
18 Oct 2009


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6361613/Murdered-prostitute-had-undergone-sex-change-operation.html


Detectives launched a murder inquiry after Andrea Waddell's body was found by emergency services called to a fire in her flat in Brighton.

In a statement released by Sussex police, her family said the 29-year old was born Alexander John but saw a psychiatrist about his ambivalent gender feelings as a teenager growing up in Reading, Berkshire.

[Shana A]

STRANGLED GIRL'S SECRET LIFE OF VICE

By Susie Boniface 18/10/2009

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/18/strangled-girl-s-secret-life-of-vice-115875-21755646/

Dead graduate was a hooker

A graduate student found strangled after a fire in her flat had led a secret life as a prostitute.

The body of Andrea Waddell was discovered at the back of her home by firefighters after the blaze on Thursday night.

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Sex-change graduate working as a prostitute strangled before killer set fire to her flat

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:23 PM on 18th October 2009

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221080/Woman-dead-burned-flat-sex-worker.html

Andrea Waddell, 29, who died in a blaze at a flat in Brighton

A murdered student who had been working as a prostitute had once been a man, her family has revealed.

Andrea Waddell's body was discovered by firefighters called to tackle a blaze at the address.

The 29-year-old had been strangled.

Post Merge: October 19, 2009, 08:11:29 AM
more articles... many w/ sensationalist headlines 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2687697/Strangled-graduate-was-hooker.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221080/Agony-prostitutes-middle-class-family-sex-change-student-dead-flat.html

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/19/trans-woman-found-murdered-in-burnt-out-flat/

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Arrest_over_Brighton_prostitute_death&in_article_id=754167&in_page_id=34

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-held-for-murder-of-transsexual-prostitute-1805235.html

[Shana A]

Man held in fire murder inquiry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8312977.stm

Police investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found strangled after a fire at her flat in Brighton have arrested a 42-year-old man.

The body of Andrea Waddell, 29, who had a masters degree and worked as a prostitute, was found just before midnight on Thursday by firefighters.

The man in custody, from Brighton, was held on Saturday night, police said.
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Mother of dead Brighton prostitute pays tribute to her "harmless and beautiful" daughter

2:19pm Monday 19th October 2009
By Emily-Ann Elliott »

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4690418.Mother_of_dead_Brighton_prostitute_pays_tribute_to_her__harmless_and_beautiful__daughter/

The devastated mother of a university graduate who was strangled to death before the killer set fire to her flat has spoken of her shock after discovering her daughter worked as a prostitute.

Speaking for the first time about Andrea Waddell's murder, distraught Sonia said she could not understand who would want to hurt her "harmless and beautiful" daughter.