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Marilyn Cazares, 22-Year-Old Transgender Woman, Found Killed in Southern California

HeadlineJul 17, 2020

In California, a 22-year-old transgender woman was found killed in an abandoned building in the city of Brawley earlier this week. Police are investigating the death of Marilyn Cazares as a homicide. Cazares’s aunt described her as charismatic, brave and outspoken. Cazares is at least the 23rd transgender or gender noncomforming person killed in the U.S. this year.

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