A (Crime) Tale of Two Cities, Part 2

By Justin Fenton
Monday, January 11th, 2010 4:00 am

http://thecrimereport.org/2010/01/11/a-crime-tale-of-two-cities-part-2/

They laughed. The fireworks were from the Guy Fawkes Night celebrations, and besides, I was told, gunshots are rare in that neighborhood.

Five days later, I learned that someone had in fact been killed in Kentish Town on that date, though not as a result of a shooting. The police press release said a woman, Destiny Lauren, had been found dead, and police were seeking clues. Over time, it would trickle out that Lauren was a pre-op transsexual and a sex worker, and had been strangled inside her home.