Some cases came to light during this past year, but took place in the past. Here are four neigbors whose stories became to known to us in 2025. They have been identified, but the investigations have not concluded.
There are many others, some we’ve covered and some we have not. I urge you to follow the Trans Doe Task Force to learn more.
The body of 31-year-old Stacey Lee Blahnik, a transgender woman, identified by police, was found partially dressed and face down by her live-in boyfriend in her Point Breeze home on Monday night, October 11, 2010. Anonymous Tips online Philadelphia Police Department website: https://www.phillypolice.com/forms/submit-a-tip/
Amy Soos, of the Salt River Pima Tribe, was found murdered on February 16th, 2002 in Phoenix, Arizona. She was twenty-four years old. On February 26th, 2002, some hot-air balloonists spotted Amy’s body in the middle of Jomax Rd near Cave Creek from their balloon at 7:02 am. An autopsy later determined that Amy had been beaten, run over by a car several times and then left in the road. Phoenix PD detectives are investigating this murder as a hate crime, as Amy was a transwoman. Please contact Silent Witness at 480-948-6377 with case # 2002-48 if you have any information in the murder of Amy Soos. You can remain anonymous and there may be a reward available.
Aurora Pellegrina. DOB 21 Sep 1991, body found in an abandoned house in Lawnside, New Jersey (USA) on 18 Aug 2025. COD indeterminate.
Pamela Leigh Walton On September 25, 1988 a passerby looking for cypress wood to build lawn furniture discovered the body of a woman in a wooded area in the vicinity of Hwy 474 west of Orlando, Florida. Authorities at the time suspected she had been sexually assaulted and murdered. She became known as Julie Doe. After more than 36 years, Pamela Leigh Walton has been identified through investigative genetic genealogy by the DNA Doe Project.
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