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Murder of Gwen Araujo
Gwen Amber Rose Araujo (February 24, 1985 – October 4, 2002〔) was an American teenager, whose legal name while living was Edward Araujo, Jr., who was murdered in Newark, California. She was killed by four men, two of whom she had been sexually intimate with, who beat and strangled her after discovering that although she identified as female, she was anatomically male.〔('' What's On Tonight'' )〕〔(''Body politics'' )〕〔(''Two Guilty of Murder in Death of a Transgender Teenager'' )〕 Two of the defendants were convicted of second-degree murder,〔 but not convicted on the requested hate crime enhancements. The other two defendants pleaded guilty or no contest to voluntary manslaughter. In at least one of the trials, a "trans panic defense"—an extension of the gay panic defense—was employed.〔("Two murder convictions in Araujo case" ), Zak Szymanski; ''Bay Area Reporter'' 15 September 2005.〕
==Witness account of the circumstances of Araujo's death==
Araujo, who was undergoing hormone treatment and going by the name ''Gwen'' at the time, met Michael Magidson, José Merél, Jaron Nabors, and Jason Cazares in the summer of 2002. She engaged in oral sex with Magidson and anal sex with Merél.〔(''Defense calls transgender victim guilty of 'deception and betrayal )〕 She claimed to be menstruating and during sex would push her partners' hands away from her genitalia to prevent them from discovering that she had male sex organs.〔Lee, Henry K. "(Araujo begged for mercy, witness says )." ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 27 April 2004. Retrieved on 18 November 2008.〕 On October 3, 2002, she attended a party at a house rented by Merél and his brother, Paul Merél.〔Murphy, Dean E. "(3 Are Charged In Death of Man Who Dressed Like a Woman )." ''New York Times'', 19 October 2002. Retrieved on 18 November 2008.〕 Also in attendance at the party were Magidson, José Merél, Nabors, Cazares, Paul Merél, Paul Merél's girlfriend Nicole Brown, and Emmanual Merél.
At the party, she was discovered, by forced inspection (conducted by Brown〔St. John, Kelly. "(Witness tells how he learned transgender teen was male )." ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 21 April 2004. Retrieved on 18 November 2008〕) to be anatomically male, following which the men with whom she had sexual relations became enraged and violent. Magidson, after vomiting, put her in a chokehold.〔Dennis, Rob. "(Witness relates brutal slaying )." ''Oakland Tribune'', 8 Jun 2005. Retrieved on 18 November 2008.〕 Later, he punched her in the face and began to choke her, but was pulled off by others.〔 At some point after that, Paul Merél, Emmanuel Merél, and Brown left the house.〔〔Wronge, Yomi S. "(Attack Witnesses Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges )." Mercury News, 23 February 2003. Retrieved on 18 November 2008.〕 José Merél struck her in the head with a can of food and a frying pan.〔〔Lee, Henry K. "(Three sentenced to prison in Araujo slaying )." ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 27 January 2006. Retrieved on 18 November 2008.〕 Nabors and Cazares left in Magidson's truck to go to Cazares's house to get shovels and a pickaxe.〔〔"('We're Going to Get Some Shovels' -- Witness Testifies in Murder Being Compared to Brandon Teena's )." Gender Public Advocacy Coalition, 19 February 2003. Retrieved on 18 November 2008.〕
When Nabors and Cazares returned, Araujo was still conscious and sitting on the couch.〔 At some point, the assault resumed. Magidson kneed her in the head against the living room wall, rendering her unconscious.〔〔Delventhal, Ivan. "(Trial begins in transgender slaying )." ''Oakland Tribune'', 15 April 2004. Retrieved on 18 November 2008.〕 Cazares kicked her.〔 After this, she was taken to the garage of the home. Nabors testified that Magidson strangled her with a rope and that Cazares struck her with a shovel,〔 but Magidson testified that it was Nabors who strangled her and struck her with the shovel, and Cazares testified that he never struck her and did not see her die.〔 Most accounts have Merél cleaning blood out of the carpet at the time that Araujo was strangled. She was then hog-tied, wrapped in a blanket, and placed in the bed of a pick-up truck. They then drove her body four hours away and buried her near the Sierra Nevada mountains. Her disappearance and murder went unreported for days. It is not clear at what point during this sequence of events her death occurred. However, the autopsy showed that she died from strangulation associated with blunt force trauma to the head.〔
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