Alessandra da Silva Alves
Age 50
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil)
Shot. 1 Mar 2018
Alessandra was killed in a drive-by shooting in the early hours of 1st March 2018. Another trans woman named Nayara was also shot, but survived.
Alessandra da Silva Alves
Age 50
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil)
Shot. 1 Mar 2018
Alessandra was killed in a drive-by shooting in the early hours of 1st March 2018. Another trans woman named Nayara was also shot, but survived.
Shayene
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Shot. 1 Mar 2018
Shayene's killers shot her from a car.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/01/shayene_rio-de-janeiro-brazil_57742e06
Malvina Paiva
Age 23
Libertador Municipality of Caracas, Distrito Capital (Venezuela)
Shot. 3 Mar 2018
Malvina was shot in the face from a passing jeep as she was walking down Los Samanes Avenue at 5am on Saturday 3rd March. She died at the scene.
Palola
Age 34
João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brazil)
Shot. 3 Mar 2018
Palola's body was found amongst mangroves. She had been shot.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/03/palola_joao-pessoa-paraiba-brazil_4af2a129
Samielly Castro (“Margrella”)
Age 19
Cachoerinha, São Paulo (Brazil)
Beaten and shot. 4 Mar 2018
Samielly's body was found on waste ground and showed signs of beating and sexual violence.
Name Unknown
Culiacán, Sinaloa (Mexico)
Shot. 5 Mar 2018
The victim was shot twice in her home in the Las Coloradas neighborhood.
Hope Verbeeck
Age 17
Tampa, Florida (USA)
Suicide. 6 Mar 2018
Hope took her life on 6th March after writing a heartbreaking letter to her family.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/06/hope-verbeeck_tampa-florida-usa_2502f76a
Samantha
Age 35
Chilpancingo, Guerrero (Mexico)
Murdered. 6 Mar 2018
Samantha was found dead at home. The cause of her death is not known.
Alexa Armero Sierra
Age 22
Suba, Bogotá, Distrito Capital (Colombia)
Stabbed. 7 Mar 2018
Alexa was a stylist. She was stabbed in the neck by a visitor to her apartment.
Sol Gómez
Age 24
Santa Fe (Argentina)
Burnt. 7 Mar 2018
Sol's burnt body was found in a landfill site in Recreo on 7th March 2018, but her identity was not confirmed until several days later.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/07/sol-gomez_santa-fe-argentina_f0ea6028
Pâmela Tabete
Age 18
Craíbas, Alagoas (Brazil)
Stoned. 8 Mar 2018
Pamela was found dead near a dam in Sítio Serrote. Her face was disfigured and her body bruised. The stone used to kill her was found near her body.
Kristina
Age 35
Beyoğlu, Istanbul (Turkey)
8 Mar 2018
Kristina was found dead at 8am in in a flat in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. Neighbours claimed that they heard shouting coming from the flat during the night but did not call the police.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/08/kristina_beyolu-istanbul-turkey_60633dda
Name Unknown
Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad (El Salvador)
Stabbed. 8 Mar 2018
The body of the victim was found with knife wounds a block from the Antiguo Cuscatlán Municipal Market.
Nefes
Age 19
Ankara (Turkey)
Strangled. 10 Mar 2018
Nefes was strangled in her flat in the Kolej District of Ankara.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/10/nefes_ankara-turkey_4c2efbb3
Ximena Garcia
Age 32
Nemi, Lazio (Italy)
10 Mar 2018
Ximena's decomposing body was found in Lake Nemi 30km south of Rome on 10th March. She had disappeared on 22nd January.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/10/ximena-garcia_nemi-lazio-italy_2f6351d4
Val Eventos
Age 34
Cujubim, Rondônia (Brazil)
Shot. 11 Mar 2018
Val was shot in the back and fell near her car. An elderly man who was talking to her at the time was also shot in the leg.
Thalita Silva
Age 44
Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso (Brazil)
Stabbed. 13 Mar 2018
Thalita owned a beauty salon. She was found dead with a stab wound to her neck in her home in the Vila Maria neighbourhood.
Yamilet
Iquitos, Maynas (Peru)
Stabbed. 14 Mar 2018
Yamilet was stabbed with a bottle by her partner.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/14/yamilet_iquitos-maynas-peru_e404c9e2
Sheila
Tepic, Nayarit (Mexico)
Shot. 15 Mar 2018
Sheila was shot in the head in the early hours of Thursday 15th March while she was working in the historic centre of the city.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/15/sheila_tepic-nayarit-mexico_83b032bf
J. Oliveira da Silva
Age 28
Vila Velha, Espírito Santo (Brazil)
Shot. 16 Mar 2018
J. was talking to others in the Santa Clara neighbourhood when an assailant on a motorcycle shot her in the head. She died at the scene.
Jacob Whelan
Age 20
Cardiff, Wales (United Kingdom)
Suicide. 17 Mar 2018
Jacob was found hanged in his room at Cardiff University. He was on the waiting list for an NHS gender identity clinic and struggled with the delays involved.
Name Unknown
Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Tortured and shot. 17 Mar 2018
The victim’s body was found floating in the water at Barão Beach, near the Cocotá boat station.
Naomi Hersi
Age 36
Hounslow, Greater London (United Kingdom)
Stabbed. 18 Mar 2018
Naomi was found with knife wounds at the Heathrow Palace guest house late on Sunday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene 30 minutes later.
Bruna Gabriel
Age 19
Ananindeua, Belém (Brazil)
Shot. 19 Mar 2018
Bruna was one of two trans women executed by unknown assailants in a car at dawn on the BR-316 highway in Ananindeua.
N. Naza
Age 45
Ananindeua, Belém (Brazil)
Shot. 19 Mar 2018
N. was one of two trans women executed by unknown assailants in a car at dawn on the BR-316 highway in Ananindeua.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/19/n-naza_ananindeua-belem-brazil_78850c77
Paola Oliveira
Age 35
Luziânia, Goiás (Brazil)
Shot. 20 Mar 2018
Paola was shot dead after an argument at a bus stop in front of a supermarket. Her murder was recorded by CCTV.
Charly ("Flor del Campo")
Age 25
Tehuacán, Puebla (Mexico)
Tortured, stabbed and beheaded. 21 Mar 2018
Charly was found tortured, stabbed 15 times and beheaded at her home in the Santiago Tula neighborhood at dawn on Wednesday 21st March 2018.
D. A. P. Jiménez
Age 28
Santa Elena, Usulután (El Salvador)
Stabbed. 21 Mar 2018
D. was found dead in the street with multiple stab wounds.
Alanis Burgo
Age 27
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Strangled. 22 Mar 2018
Alanis was strangled.
Elif
Izmir (Turkey)
Suicide. 22 Mar 2018
Elif died after jumping from the balcony of her boyfriend’s home.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/22/elif_izmir-turkey_87eec399
Giorginye Dias de Siqueira
Age 26
Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiás (Brazil)
Shot. 22 Mar 2018
Giorginye was shot in the head by two men who got out of a car, shot her and then fled.
Name Unknown
São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Shot. 22 Mar 2018
The victim was shot dead. Her family forbade the broadcast of news reports about the killing.
Daniela Santos
Age 17
Ibicaraí, Bahia (Brazil)
Beaten. 23 Mar 2018
Daniela was killed by her abusive partner and his brother in her home in Ibicaraí, southern Bahia.
Ayaka Neko
Age 19
Anning, Kunming, Yunnan (China)
Suicide. 24 Mar 2018
Neko died by suicide after suffering transphobic abuse from her parents (and her father in particular) and struggling with depression.
Cleide Aládio Zaramarine Neto
Age 33
Itaberaí, Goiás (Brazil)
Beaten. 25 Mar 2018
Cleide was beaten to death by a man inside a motel.
Hildo de Melo Matias
Age 31
Barbalha, Ceará (Brazil)
Shot. 25 Mar 2018
Hildo and a 47 year old were both shot in the street on the evening of Sunday 25th March. She died at the scene.
Lorena Molina López
Age 25
Montenegro, Quindío (Colombia)
Shot. 25 Mar 2018
Lorena was shot several times in the head by an unknown assailant in the El Carmen neighborhood at around 11:30pm. She died at the scene.
Amia Tyrae Berryman
Age 28
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)
Shot. 26 Mar 2018
Amia was found with gunshot injuries in the Shades Motel on Airline Highway. She died at the scene, and local media misgendered her.
Chutki
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)
Shot. 27 Mar 2018
Chutki and her friend Aizaz were riding in a rickshaw when they were shot multiple times and killed by two gunmen on a motorcycle.
Asu
Findikzade, Istanbul (Turkey)
Suicide. 29 Mar 2018
Asu died by jumping from the roof of her home. According to her friends she had been depressed since her parents died.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/29/asu_findikzade-istanbul-turkey_cc950b30
Eduarda Amaro ("Martha")
Age 18
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Shot. 29 Mar 2018
Eduarda was shot during a firefight in the Três Vendas neighborhood on 29th March.
Chance Houle
Age 12
Bismark, North Dakota (USA)
Suicide. 31 Mar 2018
Chance died by suicide on 31st March after a long period of depression and bullying.
Kim Schinaider
Age 28
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo (Brazil)
Suicide. 31 Mar 2018
Kim died by suicide as a result of a gunshot wound to the head.
Nastya Sapayev
Age 42
Moscow (Russia)
Beaten. 31 Mar 2018
Nastya was beaten to death by a crowd of people on a Moscow street. She was in the city to visit a hospital for medical attention.
https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2018/03/31/nastya-sapayev_moscow-russia_2141014b