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Her name was Zoella Rose Martinez, she also went by Zo Zo or Zoey. She was 20-years-old. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, she was a Latina trans woman who had her whole life before her. And while her death was not reported at the time, her family confirmed her identity recently to a local LGBTQIA+ organization.
Because her death was underreported and thus not included in the official death toll of trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary neighbors killed in the campaign of terror targeting them across the nation and around the world. Zoey’s death now raises that total to 41 so far.
Zoey met with the man who murdered her because she believed he had stolen $1000 from her bank account. She arranged with a friend to meet her a the rendezvous point. And she still ended up dead. From the Seattle Times.
Jacaree Rashad Hardy is accused of fatally shooting Zoella Martinez, 20, around 8:45 p.m. Aug. 31 and leaving her body hours later on the north side of Seattle Fire Station 21, in the 7300 block of Greenwood Avenue North, according to the charges.
They caught the son of a bitch who killed her, presumably over $1000 at this point.
Martinez’s friend was late arriving and when she and her boyfriend pulled into the lot, they could see Martinez…
