"The way in which she was brutally murdered, it's so heinous that there is no way we can reactively just say something. Since the troubling incident, community members in the area have since increased block patrols in the South Side Chicago neighborhood. Her family is now begging for an arrest to be made. ![]() "I loved my sister, whether she was transgender or not, and I would like for me and my family to have justice."Īuthorities haven’t specified whether Labelle’s murder was possibly related to her gender identity. "It is heartbreaking for someone to beat her to death and throw her in the trash like she was garbage," Labelle’s sister, Shameika Thomas told WLS-TV. The slain 33-year-old’s family, however, confirmed her death. Officials declined to comment further on the open investigation. “Detectives are still investigating,” a spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department told on Friday. Investigators, who released little information regarding the woman’s death, haven’t officially identified Labelle. "Once the garbage people pulled it up and the garbage flipped over, and everything fell out," a neighbor, who wasn’t identified, told Chicago ABC affiliate WLS-TV. Labelle died from "multiple injuries due to assault,” according to a preliminary autopsy conducted by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. ![]() The Chicago woman had been reported missing by family five days earlier, according to WLS-TV. ![]() Friday, according to the Chicago Police Department. Tatiana Labelle, 33, was found beaten to death in an alley near the intersections of South Ingleside Avenue and 84th Street shortly before 1:00 p.m. Police are investigating the apparent murder of a transgender woman who had been reported missing before her body was found in an alley by garbage workers.
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