A Union City man will be arraigned April 29 on charges he murdered a transgender woman last week in Milpitas.
The killing of drag performer Natalia Smüt Lopez, 24, of San Jose, sent shockwaves through the South Bay s LGBTQ community. She is the 16th victim of anti-transgender violence this year in the United States, according to the Project MORE Foundation, a nonprofit service provider to South Bay LGBTQs.
Prosecutors allege that Elijah Cruz Segura, 22, stabbed Lopez to death early April 23. The two had been dating for several months, the Santa Clara County District Attorney s office stated in a news release.
Segura will continue to be held without bail until the arraignment takes place. It was originally scheduled for the afternoon of April 27 at the San Jose Hall of Justice, but Segura s attorney, Peter Johnson, asked for more time to meet with his client, and that request was granted by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Chiarello.
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The Los Gatos Town Council takes public comment during a discussion of hate crimes Tuesday. (Screenshot from Town of Los Gatos Council Meeting )
LOS GATOS, CA The Los Gatos Town Council Tuesday intended to discuss the recent rise in hate crimes aimed at Asians and Asian Americans, but its meeting turned into an unexpected gripe session by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
The meeting took place a week after someone shoved a woman of Filipino descent to the ground while she walked in Los Gatos and told her to go back to [expletive] China. It was the latest in a rising spate of hate crimes and incidents targeting Asian Americans in the Bay Area and around the country.
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Suspect faces hate crime, assault charges in attack on woman at train station
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By Jana Kadah
Bay City News Foundation
A San Francisco man suspected of attacking a woman and calling her ethnic slurs at a San Jose train station this week is set to be arraigned Friday afternoon in Santa Clara County Superior Court.
The 26-year-old woman, who is of Asian descent, was waiting for a morning commuter train at Diridon Station about 7 a.m. Wednesday when Johan Strydom allegedly attacked her, police said.
Authorities said Strydom, 32, grabbed the woman by her neck, threw her onto the floor and said (Expletive) you, Asians.