The body of a black transgender woman was pulled from White Rock Lake in Dallas on Saturday, police say
May 18. Police have not identified a suspect in her slaying.following a minor traffic accident that was captured on cellphone video and went viral. Edward Thomas, 29, was charged with assault in the April beating. He is not being held in jail, and police have said there is no evidence connecting him with Booker's killing.On May 21, police said that Booker's slaying was one of those that bore similarities to recent attacks on transgender women in Dallas.
"These cases, although not directly related at this time, do have some similarities the public needs to be aware of," Maj. Vincent Weddington told reporters at a news conference that day. Weddington said police were working with federal law enforcement officers to determine if any of the attacks should be considered hate crimes.
In October 2018, a transgender woman was found shot to death in a vehicle parked in southeast Dallas, police said. In April, a woman survived after she was repeatedly stabbed in south Dallas. She provided information about her attacker, but police have not released a detailed description of the man.
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