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Caelee Lovelight

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Dec 17, 2022

Victim Details

Caelee Lovelight

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Phoenix

AZ

2022-12-17

27

Caelee

Lovelight

Primary Suspect Deceased

06/27/2026

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Latina Trans Activist Caelee Lovelight Murdered

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In the early morning hours of a December Saturday in Phoenix, Arizona, a sequence of events unfolded inside a parked car that left two people dead and a community in mourning. Caelee Lovelight, a 27-year-old Latina transgender woman, was found unresponsive in a vehicle near 23rd Avenue and Baseline Road. She had sustained fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident, which police responded to as an 'unknown trouble call' at approximately 3:25 a.m., also involved a 47-y ...
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  • Remembering Our Dead: Remembering Our Dead - Caelee Love-Light (17 Dec 2022)
  • KTAR.com: 2 people dead after incident in stopped vehicle in Phoenix
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    Has anyone else been deeply moved by the lack of media representation of who Caelee really was? It's... ...Read More
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