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Nireah Johnson

Case from Indianapolis, IN dated Jul 23, 2003

Victim Details

Nireah Johnson

Female

Black / African American

Indianapolis

IN

2003-07-23

17

Nireah

Johnson

07/13/2026

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In the summer of 2003, a chance encounter at an Indianapolis gas station set in motion a tragic chain of events that would end in the deaths of two teenagers. Nireah Johnson, a 17-year-old African American transgender female, and her 18-year-old friend, Brandie Coleman, were murdered on July 23, 2003. The man responsible, Paul Moore, killed Johnson after discovering she was transgender.

Just over a month before their deaths, Johnson and Coleman were riding in a car with another friend whe ...
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    I've been thinking a lot about the chilling detail of how Paul Moore felt "threatened" by discoverin... ...Read More
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