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Keisha Wells

Case from Cleveland, OH dated Jun 24, 2018

Victim Details

Keisha Wells

Female

Cleveland

OH

2018-06-24

54

Keisha

Wells

06/22/2026

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Keisha Wells, a 54-year-old transgender woman, was tragically killed on June 24, 2018, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her body was discovered in a parking lot on Detroit Avenue near West 87th Street, with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The discovery of her body, alongside eleven bullet casings, indicated that she had been shot multiple times. Wells' death was the second murder of a transgender woman in Cleveland that year, highlighting the alarming rate of violence against transgender ...
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  • Keisha Wells of Cleveland is 14th Trans Person Killed in 2018
  • WEWS: Aunt of murdered transgender woman speaks out
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