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Rita Hester

Case from Allston, MA dated Nov 28, 1998

Victim Details

Rita Hester

December 10, 2023

Female

African-American / Black

Allston

MA

1998-11-28

1963-11-30

34

Rita Hester

Rita

Hester

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Her unsolved murder inspired Transgender Day of Remembrance
On a cold November evening in 1998, just two days before her 35th birthday, Rita Hester, a beloved African-American transgender woman, was found brutally murdered inside her first-floor apartment in Allston, Massachusetts. A neighbor reported hearing a disturbance and called the police. When officers arrived at the scene on November 28th, they found Hester still alive, having been stabbed 20 times. She was rushed to Beth Israel Hospital, where she ultimately died from cardiac arrest.

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