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Natalia Smüt, Local Drag Legend, is 17th 2021 Trans Person Killed
Police arrested her boyfriend, Elijah Cruz Segura, and charged him with the murder. April 29 2021 12:19 PM EDT
Natalia Smüt, 24 a Black, Puerto Rican transgender woman, was stabbed to death in Milpitas, California, last Friday. Smüt , a local drag legend, is the 17th reported transg person to be violently killed so far in 2022, and the second trans victim of violence in less than a week.
According to a report in the
East Bay Times, Smut was stabbed to death Friday night in the Northern California city of Milpitas by Elijah Cruz Segura, 22, of nearby Union City. Segura, 22, was arraigned Tuesday where he faced charges of murder with a weapon enhancement for the use of a knife in the killing, but he did not enter a plea during his brief courtroom appearance.
CaliforniaUnited-statesPuerto-ricoIllinoisUnion-cityChicagoMilpitasPuerto-ricanElijah-cruz-seguraHuman-rights-campaignEast-bay-timesNorthern-californiaA Union City man will be arraigned April 29 on charges he murdered a transgender woman last week in Milpitas.
The killing of drag performer Natalia Smüt Lopez, 24, of San Jose, sent shockwaves through the South Bay s LGBTQ community. She is the 16th victim of anti-transgender violence this year in the United States, according to the Project MORE Foundation, a nonprofit service provider to South Bay LGBTQs.
Prosecutors allege that Elijah Cruz Segura, 22, stabbed Lopez to death early April 23. The two had been dating for several months, the Santa Clara County District Attorney s office stated in a news release.
Segura will continue to be held without bail until the arraignment takes place. It was originally scheduled for the afternoon of April 27 at the San Jose Hall of Justice, but Segura s attorney, Peter Johnson, asked for more time to meet with his client, and that request was granted by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Chiarello.
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A photo of Natalia Smüt Lopez of San Jose who was killed April 23. Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Union City man for the death of Lopez, whom he was in a relationship with.Courtesty Kiara Ohlde
Prosecutors charged Elijah Cruz Segura, a 22-year-old Union City resident, for allegedly stabbing Natalia Smüt Lopez, a Black and Puerto Rican transgender woman from San Jose, to death in Milpitas, authorities said. Segura could face life in prison.
“Our hearts go out to Natalia’s loved ones. We are committed to getting justice for our community against those who commit domestic violence and violence against transgender and non-binary people,” Rosen said in a statement.
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