Dee Elder News Today

A member of the jury that convicted a South Carolina man of a hate crime based on gender identity has opened up about the historic case.

Familiar with the difficulties presented by society for transgender people, Elder, 41, said she was compelled to discuss the case given its historic nature.

Two-timing New Yorker Daqua Lameek Ritter has been convicted of a groundbreaking federal hate crime for gunning down his transgender lover, with the jury foreperson also a transgender woman.

Deleted texts helped a jury decide that Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman, was slain in a hate crime, the jury foreperson said.

Lori Lee Farmer, Michele Heather Guse and Doris Denise Milner were murdered in 1977 at Girl Scout camp in Oklahoma. Gene Leroy Hart is the suspected killer.

At any moment, one of Oklahoma’s most notorious murder mysteries could go from a cold case to a case closed.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - 3 Girl Scouts were murdered at camp nearly 45 years ago. Here's a look into the cold case

At any moment, the notorious murder mystery could go from a cold case to a case closed.

At any moment, the notorious murder mystery could go from a cold case to a case closed.

At any moment, the notorious murder mystery could go from a cold case to a case closed.