Age: 33
Date: 5/8/2021
Location: Chicago, IL
Info: Dani died by suicide. She was an activist who - under the name Mistress Velvet - was known as a Dominatrix who made her clients read Black Feminist Theory.
Danny Henson
Age: 31
Date: 5/4/2021
Location: Baltimore, MD
Info: Danny was found in an unresponsive condition by police when they responded to a call. She had been shot - possibly after an altercation with someone she knew.
Sophie Vásquez
Age: 36
Date: 5/4/2021
Location: Brookhaven, GA
Info: Sophie was shot dead in Brookhaven in circumstances which have so far been unreported.
Whispering Wind Bear Spirit
Age: 41
Date: 5/3/2021
Location: York, PA
Info: Whispering Wind Bear Spirit was shot during an attempted robbery at their home.
Whispering Wind described themself on Facebook as “Shawnee by birth and Potawatomi by relations".
Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga
Age: 42
Date: 5/2/2021
Location: Boston, MA
Info: Jahaira was one of two women (the other being Fatima Yasin) stabbed in the neck by Fatima's husband. Two young children who were present at the time were fortunately unharmed.
Marcus Chavis, 35, was arrested at the scene and confessed to killing the two women.
Jahira was an activist who advocated for equality and for victims of abuse and an active member of the ballroom community.
T. Hardin
Age: 35
Date: 5/2/2021
Location: York, SC
Info: T. was found in an unresponsive condition after a police officer called to her home to conduct a well-being check. She had been shot.
Tyler Terry, 26, is being sought on charges of murder.
Keri Washington ("Bobo")
Age: 49
Date: 5/1/2021
Location: Clearwater, FL
Info: Keri was found dead at the back of an apartment building. Police have issued a warrant for Arthur Benjamin Jr. on a charge of first degree murder.
Tiffany Thomas
Age: 38
Date: 4/24/2021
Location: Dallas, TX
Info: Tiffany was shot at a carwash.
Tiffany was originally from Fort Worth, Texas, and relocated to Mansfield, Texas.
Natalia Smüt Lopez
Age: 24
Date: 4/23/2021
Location: San Jose, CA
Info: Natalia was murdered - allegedly by her boyfriend.
A subsequent report confirmed that Elijah Cruz Segura, 22, had been arrested.
Iris Santos
Age: 22
Date: 4/23/2021
Location: Houston, TX
Info: Iris was shot while sitting outside a Chick-Fil-A restaurant at around 9:30pm on Friday 23rd April. She died in hospital.
CCTV footage showed a suspect running from the scene.
Tiara Banks
Age: 24
Date: 4/21/2021
Location: Chicago, IL
Info: Tiara was shot in her vehicle at about 10:30pm on Wednesday 21st April.
Remy Fennell
Age: 28
Date: 4/15/2021
Location: Charlotte, NC
Info: Remy was found shot dead in a hotel room less than two weeks after Jaida Peterson had been killed in another hotel room in the same city.