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Zoey Martinez

Case from Seattle, WA dated Sep 01, 2021

Victim Details

Zoey Martinez

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Seattle

WA

2021-09-01

20

Zoey

Martinez

07/05/2026

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In the late summer of 2021, the life of 20-year-old Zoey Martinez, a Latina transgender woman, was tragically cut short in Seattle, Washington. On September 1st, her body was discovered in an alley in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood by a person out for an early morning jog. The cause of death was determined to be multiple gunshot wounds, ruling her death a homicide.

The investigation into her death revealed a troubling sequence of events that began the day before. Martinez had arranged to ...
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