Deanna Wilkinson

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cause of Death: Shot in the back of the head with a .357 magnum filled with hollow-point bullets, by Marcello Palma
Date of Death: May 20, 1996
Source: XTRA!, June 6, 1996, Issue No. 303 and the Toronto Star, April 29, 1999.
Notes: Deanna was one of three murders over the same weekend by the same killer. Two of the victims were transpeople. Palma’s lawyer claims that Palma was not “criminally responsible” when he killed them.

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