Firefighter's widow born a man has criminal history
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Kevin Quinn
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7565587HOUSTON (KTRK) -- We have new information in a widow's battle over benefits following the death of her firefighter husband. A lawsuit first called into question the legality of her marriage because she, the widow, was born a man. And we've learned she does have a history of legal problems.
We first brought you the exclusive interview with Nikki Araguz on Monday. Her husband was killed in a fire earlier this month. She told Eyewitness News her husband was well aware of her operation, despite a lawsuit from his mother and ex-girlfriend that claims otherwise.
This case has raised a lot of questions about how law enforcement classifies inmates, particularly here at the Harris County Jail, where the firefighter's widow was booked seven times since the early 1990's - sometimes as a man, others as a woman. But even when classified as a woman, she was apparently held in a male cell.
