Remembering Our Dead

Cashay Henderson

Cashay's body was found in an apartment by firefighters investigating a fire. She had been shot dead before the fire was started.

Demands for justice are flooding social media in memory of Cashay Henderson. The Black transgender woman was shot and killed in Milwaukee on Sunday (Feb. 26) morning just before the apartment she was in was set on fire.

“Cashay Henderson. She was a beautiful transgender woman. She had friends and was loved. And in death, they try to take all that from her. Rest in peace, angel. You won’t be forgotten,” one tweet read. Another included a link to a GoFundMe account set up in her honor. “Hello, my name is Veronica Beck, and I am trying to raise money for funeral expenses for my dear cousin Cashay, who was unfairly and unexpectedly taken from us on Feb. 26, 2023,” the post began. Next, Beck described the deceased to be a beautiful person inside and out: “Cashay was born June 14, 1991 in Chicago, Illinois. She was a bubbly spirit with a down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is personality. Cashay was a transgender female and was as beautiful as can be, inside and out. Cashay didn’t deserve what happened to her.”

According to local news station WSAZ 3, the Milwaukee Fire Department discovered Henderson’s body inside an apartment unit. Officials are declaring her death as a homicide and so far no suspects have been named. The outlet added that she is the third transgender woman killed in Milwaukee in the last eight months.

Police have arrested a man in connection with her murder. Subsequently Cordell c, 34, was charged with first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon. His trial is scheduled for June 2024.

Please give Zachee Imanitwitaho' and
Cashay Henderson' deaths the same attention you gave Briana Ghey's.

Black trans women matter and they face the highest levels of discrimination and violence. pic.twitter.com/odpZyiltdo

— HiccupingBoots (@HiccupingBoots) February 28, 2023

Howze went to trial in June 2024.

Cashay's Facebook account is https://www.facebook.com/cashay.henderson.

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Report added: 1 Mar 2023. Last updated: 17 Oct 2024

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