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Michael Lee

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Oct 12, 2010

Victim Details

Michael Lee

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2010-10-12

2010-10-11

31

Michael

Lee

07/20/2026


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Stacey Lee Blahnik, also identified in police reports as Michael Lee, was a 31-year-old Black transgender woman from Philadelphia whose life ended violently inside her Point Breeze home on Monday, October 11, 2010. She was known in Philadelphia’s ballroom and LGBTQ community as Mother Stacey Blahnik, a respected house mother in the House of Blahnik, and people who knew her described her as beautiful, friendly, quiet, and deeply connected to the people around her.

Her body was found that ...
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