Janette O’Sullivan
Age 2825 Oct 2019
East Harlem, New York (USA)
Not reported
Janette's decomposing body was found in her apartment on Friday 25th October. She had died around 10 days earlier.
No one noticed when Janette O’Sullivan died in her East Harlem apartment. As many as 10 days passed before anyone found her.
When someone finally did, they discovered her decaying corpse splayed out across a bed. The shocking discovery has sent a wave of sorrow and fear through the city-subsidized supportive housing building O’Sullivan, who was in the process of transitioning from man to woman, called home.
A friend described O’Sullivan’s body as being stretched out as if "on a cross,” her cell phone missing and her door locked, when police found her on Oct. 25. “You could taste death,” a neighbor said of the stench when the door was finally opened. “It’s not something you should be breathing in.”
The results of an autopsy are still pending further study, according to the city medical examiner.
Janette studied at Baruch College, loved journalism and writing, and performed as a stand-up comedian at clubs around the city like the Gotham Comedy Club.
Rest in power, Janette O’Sullivan, a Black trans woman and sex worker who died in her home in East Harlem. #BlackTransLivesMatter https://t.co/21o0y8yCH3
— Decrim NY #FreeThemAll (@DecrimNY) November 26, 2019
Janette was not included on the official TDoR 2020 memorial list released by Transgender Europe (TGEU) in November 2020.
https://www.gaycitynews.com/black-trans-woman-found-dead-in-east-harlem/
https://thegrio.com/2019/11/26/transgender-new-york-womans-body-found-decomposing/
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Robert-J-Rodriguez/story/90381
https://twitter.com/DecrimNY/status/1199129083910721541
