Jessica Mercado

Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Cause of Death: Stabbed multiple times, then burnt
Date of Death: May 9, 2003
Source: New Haven Register, May 11, 2003
Notes: Jessica Mercado was a 24-year-old transwoman. Mercado’s body was found draped across her mattress in the charred remains of her apartment. She has been stabbed multiple times before the apartment was set on fire. Mercado was laid to rest in her native Puerto Rico.

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