{"id":38371,"date":"2016-08-04T12:01:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T16:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=38371"},"modified":"2016-08-04T12:01:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T16:01:13","slug":"cleveland-transgender-woman-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=38371","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Transgender Woman Found Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?attachment_id=38374\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38374\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/skye-mockabee-x750-560x420.jpg\" alt=\"skye-mockabee-x750\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/skye-mockabee-x750-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/skye-mockabee-x750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CLEVELAND, Ohio &#8212; The person <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/metro\/index.ssf\/2016\/07\/man_found_dead_in_parking_lot.html\">found dead\u00a0in a Cleveland parking lot<\/a>\u00a0early Saturday morning has been identified as a transgender woman.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of\u00a0Ecclesiastic Granite Fab found Skye Mockabee, 26, dead about 8 a.m. in the parking lot his\u00a0business on West 130th Street in the city&#8217;s Puritas-Longmead neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Mockabee was lying face down next to a tow truck. She was bleeding from the mouth, according to a police report.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland EMS and firefighters\u00a0got to the scene and said Mockabee&#8217;s\u00a0injuries were suspicious. She was pronounced dead about 8:30 a.m., the report says.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland police\u00a0originally identified the victim as a man. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office on Monday identified Mockabee by her birth name.<\/p>\n<p>Police have released few details about her death, including a motive for the killing. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said there was no further information to release.<\/p>\n<p>Mockabee is\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/metro\/index.ssf\/2013\/12\/two_violent_deaths_in_two_days.html\">fourth transgender woman<\/a>\u00a0killed in Cuyahoga County in as many years. Though\u00a0police\u00a0have not confirmed if investigators believe her gender identity played\u00a0a role\u00a0in her killing, Mockabee&#8217;s\u00a0death is a reminder for the LGBT community of the dangers\u00a0they can face. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/metro\/index.ssf\/2016\/08\/transgender_woman_found_dead_i.html\">cleveland.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND, Ohio &#8212; The person found dead\u00a0in a Cleveland parking lot\u00a0early Saturday morning has been identified as a transgender woman.<br \/>\nThe owner of\u00a0Ecclesiastic Granite Fab found Skye Mockabee, 26, dead about 8 a.m. in the parking lot his\u00a0business on West 130th Street in the city&#8217;s Puritas-Longmead neighborhood.<br \/>\nMockabee was lying face down next to a tow truck. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[6548,1244,6034,6549,6550,5528,6547],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38371"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38375,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38371\/revisions\/38375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}