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Missing & Marginalised: Jax Gatton + Brett Williams
This week on Missing & Marginalised we are covering two trans people, Jax Gratton, a trans-woman, and Brett Charles Williams a trans-man. Below is all the information we have as well as how to get in touch with the right people if you do know something about these cases Jax Gratton Jax Gratton, 34, is missing from Denver, Colorado. She’s a hairstylist and a transgender woman. She was last seen just before 10pm leaving her apartment in the 4200 block of East Iliff Avenue, leaving without her makeup or medication, and leaving her beloved cat behind. Jax is around 150 pounds, is 5”11 tall, has blue eyes and pink hair…
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Lori Daybell Request for Retrial
Here is Lori’s request for retrial for your reading pleasure! Feel free to download, it’s just a PDF of the motion as she filed it.
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Lina Balbuena
Lina Balbuena, a 48-year old mother of four, was murdered on February 9th this year by her ex-partner. On January 21st she applied for a restraining order against her ex, identified only as “Augustine”, which was denied. The judge in a specialist gender violence court in Benalmadena, Spain, ruled in line with the VioGén algorithm that she faced only medium risk. Lina intended to change the locks in her home so Augustine could not enter, however at around 5am on February 9th he did so. Their 11-year-old son walked in and found Augustine strangling Lina, having punched and stabbed her, and attempted to hang her from the ceiling – believed…
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3. News Roundup 16th April
This week we dive into four more cases: Emma Baum, Sara Millerey, Matthew Jones and Jonathan Brooks, plus we bring you the latest update on the Nicholas Prosper case! Find us on Social Media @Versionofevents on Facebook, Insta, Threads, X, Bluesky
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Sara Millerey González
Content warning: this post discusses the rape and murder of a transgender woman. Advertencia de contenido: Este correo discute la violacion sexual, fracturas y transfeminicido de una mujer transgénero en Colombia. A Spanish translation of this post is below. Thank you to the wonderful Lilly for translating for us! Una traducción al español de esta publicación se encuentra a continuación. ¡Gracias a la maravillosa Lily por traducir este post para nosotras! On April 4th Sara Millerey González was murdered in Bello, Colombia. Sara was a transgender woman and activist, affectionately known as “La Millerey”. The motive for Sara’s murder is not currently known, and no suspects have been identified or…
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News Roundup 9th April
This week we dive into four new cases that caught our eye: Elianne Andam, Jordan and Ashley Henning, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz, and in a more bizarre twist we cover Victoria Goodwin and her plot to kill her husband.
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Matthew Jones
Content warning: this post discusses the stabbing of a woman by an ex-partner. Matthew Jones, a teacher obsessed with his ex-girlfriend Emma Kirk, stabbed her 15 times and punctured both her lungs. He’s just been found not guilty of attempted murder and possession of a knife. Emma told Jones she did not want to be with him any more after he “lured” her to a lane near his home. He then stabbed her repeatedly, including to her neck, head and face. It took five men to drag him away and disarm him, and even while being restrained he continued to try and attack Emma. Jones pleaded guilty to causing grievous…
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Keri Pegg
The trial of Keri Pegg has ended with a guilty verdict. The trial of Keri Pegg has ended with a guilty verdict, convicting her of all charges. Kerri Pegg, the former governor of HMP Kirkham, was charged with two counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of possessing criminal property. She is guilty of failing to disclose county court judgments against her for debts, and of entering into a relationship with drug trafficking prisoner Anthony Saunderson, who is alleged to have given her a Mercedes (the criminal property in question). Pegg has denied being in a relationship with Saunderson, or that he ever went to her home, even…
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Russell Brand
Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault for a series of interactions that took place between 1999 and 2005. Brand has been interviewed a lot since Channel 4’s DIspatches, the Times and the Sunday Times investigations uncovered multiple allegations against him, and denies all allegations against him. He posted a new video on X when the charges were announced and said “What I never was, was a rapist. I’ve never engaged in non-consensual activity.” He went on to say he was ‘incredibly grateful’ to have the chance to face these charges in court. The Metropolitan Police gave a short statement saying they had written to…
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Taylor Schabusiness
Taylor Schabusiness is at it again! The convicted murderer attacked her lawyer during a pre-trial hearing as the attorneys entered their appearances. Schabusiness murdered Shad Thyrion on February 23rd 2023 after sleeping with him, while high on meth and Trazodone. She then continued to rape him after he was dead, before dismembering his body and leaving parts of it in buckets and crockpots. She also attacked her previous lawyer, Quinn Jolly, during a hearing awaiting trial. Both Jolly and ger more recent lawyer, Paul Julka, unsurprisingly requested to be taken off the case – both were replaced by Christopher Froelich. Schabusiness is currently awaiting trial on charges of battery after…
