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Transgender Teen's Murdered by Oldboss(m): 12:21pm On Jun 26, 2022 |
Prosecutors say Nikki Kuhnhausen, 17,
vanished from Vancouver,
Washington, in June 2019, just hours
after meeting David Bogdanov, then
25, and exchanging messages on
Snapchat.
Four months later in a meeting with
police, Bogdanov told them the last
time he had seen Kuhnhausen was
when he asked her to get out of his
car, after she told him she was
transgender.
He told police he was "shocked to find
that out. And just uncomfortable and
really, really disturbed." Bogdanov
told police he had no idea where
Kuhnhausen went after she left him.
"This is a narrative and a story that
plays out … all the time," says Devon
Davis Williamson, a transgender
activist and co-founder of the Justice
for Nikki Task Force. "When trans
people go missing, they're usually
found deceased."
Six months after she disappeared,
Kuhnhausen's body was discovered
by a hiker on Larch Mountain.
Bogdanov was arrested after cell
tower data placed his phone where
Kuhnhausen's body was found.
"Most of the time in our culture and
our country, if a trans person is killed,
there is not an arrest made,"
Williamson says. "We think it's right
around 30% of trans people who are
murdered … have someone arrested
and fully prosecuted."
At his trial, Bogdanov said he killed
Kuhnhausen in self-defense when, he
says, she reached for his gun. He
testified that he panicked after
realizing she was dead and dumped
her body at Larch Mountain. He was
found guilty of her murder and
malicious harassment, a hate crime.
He was sentenced to the maximum,
19-and-a-half years in prison.
Kuhnhausen's mother and supporters
from the Justice for Nikki Task Force
worked with legislators in Washington
to pass Nikki's Law. It's designed to
prevent defendants charged with
violent crimes from using sexual
orientation or gender identity as an
excuse for violence, the so-called
"gay" or "trans panic defense."
"I want her death to mean something
to someone who may contemplate
hurting another transgender person,"
says Woods.
"SHE WAS ALWAYS NIKKI"
Lisa Woods will never forget the day
her life changed forever. It was June 6,
2019. That's when her daughter Nikki
Kuhnhausen seemingly vanished.
Woods says they talked daily before
work. |
Re: Transgender Teen's Murdered by iykofias(m): 12:50pm On Jun 26, 2022 |
Trans death should be encouraged |
Re: Transgender Teen's Murdered by gambojimeta: 7:03pm On Jun 26, 2022 |
iykofias:We should start with brobisky and James Brown abi how you see am. Make I DM you there addresses. 1 Like |
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