Transgender Community Seeks Answers to Murder

Updated: Monday, 25 Jan 2010, 9:37 PM CST
Published : Monday, 25 Jan 2010, 9:37 PM CST

      SALLY MACDONALD
   
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100125-transgender-murder-victim-vigil

Organizers of a candlelight vigil Monday night say say it was the largest transgender event in Houston's history. About 200 people attended, wanting to know who killed a transgender woman one week ago.

The body of Myra Chanel Ical, 51, was abandoned in a field on the 4300 block of Garrott near the Southwest Freeway and Richmond. The victim was born Ruben Dario Ical but lived life as a woman. She was from Guatemala and has no known relatives in the Houston area.

The vigil was held in the same field where Ical's body was found around 2:00 P.M. on Jaunary 18, 2010. The Transgender Foundation of America in Houston aimed to give the victim a voice and to make sure the public knows about her death.