Rosita Hidalgo: Transgender Murder on South BeachBy Jon Tayler Mon., Jul. 23 2012 at 10:26 AM
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2012/07/rosita_hidalgo_transgender_mur.php
Miami Beach policeHector Sarna isn't surprised that his friend Rosita Hidalgo was killed. As a transgender woman who was a sex worker, she was putting herself at risk. He warned her that one of the men she brought home would hurt her, or worse. He remembers a day almost a year ago when a man client beat Rosita after finding out she was once a man. Hector told her to be more careful.
But Hector didn't expect her to be gagged and stabbed and slashed in her apartment. That's how he found her March 15. No one had heard from Rosita in a few days, and one of her friends became worried. So Hector called the Miami Beach police, who went to Rosita's apartment at 545 Michigan Ave. Hector was with them. Officers opened the door just enough to see the blood pooling on the floor.
