(NEW YORK) — Joao “Julia” da Silva, a 23-year-old trans woman, was found in Texas on Tuesday after she was last seen by family members leaving her residence in North Bay Village, Florida, on March 24. North Bay Village police are working with local authorities […]
North Bay Village Police(NEW YORK) Joao "Julia" da Silva, a 23-year-old trans woman, was found in Texas on Tuesday after she was last seen by family members leaving her residence in North Bay Village, Florida, on March 24. North Bay Village police are working with local authorities and family members to coordinate her return. The investigation into her disappearance remains ongoing. Authorities said da Silva frequents the Miami, Miami Beach and Wilton Manors LGBTQ communities. She was seen in video surveillance at a gas station on Monday night in the South Miami area near Homestead. "With this video footage, what concerns us is that she did appear disoriented," said Paul Battaglia, the LGBT liaison officer at the North Bay Village Police Department. "She also did appear alone, which is unusual for her." Transgender people are four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violence, according to a study by the Williams Institute at UCLA Sch
Authorities in North Bay Village are currently searching for a transgendered woman who went missing in the area. 32-year-old Joao "Julia" Da Silva was last seen