Missing transgender woman found dead in 'crude grave' in North Carolina http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/15/missing-transgender-woman-found-dead-north-carolinaThe Guardian/Jessica Glenza in New York
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Saturday 15 August 2015 15.17 EDT
"The body of Elisha Walker, a 20-year-old transgender woman who had been missing for almost a year, was found in a "crude grave" in Johnston County, North Carolina. According to advocates and local media, the discovery was made more than 100 miles from Walker's home in Salisbury, North Carolina.
A Latin Kings gang member, Angel Dejesus Arias, 23, was arrested and charged with killing Walker and stealing her car, reports said on Thursday. He was being held without bond. "