Transgender woman who 'loved church, loved others' murdered by a preacher

Killer of a Detroit woman murdered her over her transgender status.

Kelly Stough, a 36-year-old transgender woman from Detroit, was murdered on December 7, 2018, in Palmer Park.

Stough was found shot dead on the street, and Police have charged a 46-year-old Detroit man, Albert Weathers, with her murder.

KILLER CLAIMED STOUGH WAS A ROBBER

Weathers, who is a preacher, allegedly called the Detroit police to report a robbery, saying he had shot the perpetrator in self-defense.

The Wayne County prosecutor's office believes that Stough's transgender status was a motivating factor in the murder, and will present evidence to that effect in court.

Jessica Chantae Stough, Stough mother, spoke about her daughter as a loving, courageous woman who loved God and her fellow humans.

DETROIT COMMUNITY SHOCKED OVER KILLING

Dana Nessel, the president of Fair Michigan, a group advocating equal protection for gay, lesbian and transgender residents, is also Michigan's next attorney general. Nessel cited the killing as an example of the "excessive brutality" to which Detroit's transgender community is subjected.

SLOUGH'S FAMILY IS GRIEFSTRIKEN

Jessica Chantae Stough, Stough mother, spoke about her daughter as a loving, courageous woman who loved God and her fellow humans. Jessica stated that her daughter was not "a throw-away," she was deeply loved by her family and will be missed by her many friends:

“She has a family who cared about her, who loved her, and I want them to know that transgender ladies — expressly those of color — they're just not throwaways; people care about them.”

Albert Weathers was arraigned on charges of murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. His bond was set at $1 million, and he is scheduled for a court hearing in late December.

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PREACHER CHARGED FOR "MISSISSIPPIS BURNING" MURDERS

Fifty-four years after the horrific triple murder, a 79-year-old man has been charged with killing James Chaney, 21, Andrew Goodman, 20, and Michael Schwerner, 24.

The three young men were civil rights activists killed in Mississippi in 1964, and the case was the inspiration for the 1988 movie, "Mississippi Burning."

The suspect in the murders, Edgar Ray Killen, is a part-time Baptist preacher, and a former member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Andrew Goodman's mother Carolyn, now 89, who has been campaigned for justice for her son and his friends for 54 years has expressed her thankfulness for Killen's arrest.

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