{"id":42227,"date":"2017-09-27T11:44:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=42227"},"modified":"2017-09-27T11:44:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:44:58","slug":"trans-teen-ally-steinfeld-murdered-and-mutilated-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=42227","title":{"rendered":"Trans Teen Ally Steinfeld Murdered and Mutilated in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ally Steinfeld<\/strong>, 17, \u00a0was found dead last week in a rural area near a mobile home occupied by one of the suspects, the\u00a0Associated Press<\/a>\u00a0reports. Both local and national media identified Steinfeld by a male name, but\u00a0The TM Planet,<\/a><\/em>\u00a0a website focusing on transgender issues, identified her as Ally. She had been stabbed repeatedly, including in the genitals, and her eyes had been gouged out, according to the AP. Her body was burned in an attempt to conceal evidence of the crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a grisly terrible series of heinous acts by the accused,\u201d Texas County prosecutor Parke Stevens Jr. told the\u00a0Houston Herald,<\/em><\/a>\u00a0a local paper. Steinfeld was apparently killed September 3, six days before her birthday, the paper reports. Her family had reported her missing September 14, having last heard from her September 1.<\/p>\n

The accused are Andrew Vrba, and his girlfriend, Isis Schauer, both 18 and Houston residents; they are charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and abandonment of a corpse. Briana Calderas, 24, is charged with first-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse. Steinfeld\u2019s remains were found near Calderas’s trailer in Cabool, Mo., about 20 miles from Houston. All were charged last week; Monday a fourth person was charged, James Grigsby, who is accused of\u00a0abandonment of a corpse and tampering with evidence, Springfield, Mo., TV station\u00a0KYTV<\/a>\u00a0reports. Police said they expect further arrests.<\/p>\n

Vrba told police he had tried to kill Steinfeld but did not reveal a motive, according to the AP. The women said he had bragged about the killing. Facebook messages exchanged by the women led police to Steinfeld\u2019s body, the\u00a0Herald<\/em>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n

Ashleigh Boswell, Steinfeld’s sister, told Springfield’s\u00a0News-Leader<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that family members weren’t sure if the teen’s gender identity was a motive in the slaying. Steinfeld had talked to the family about being transgender and wanting to undergo gender-affirming surgery, she said. She described Steinfeld as “a very loving, outgoing person” who “didn’t like conflict whatsoever.”<\/p>\n

Steinfeld\u2019s\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page has been filled with messages of condolence, and a\u00a0GoFundMe<\/a>\u00a0page has been set up to assist the family with funeral expenses. On the GoFundMe page is this message from actress Patricia Arquette, along with a $1,000 pledge: \u201cThis donation is honor of Ally. Who was brave enough to live her truth in a very ignorant world. I am praying for your family during this heartbreaking time. May you be surrounded by support and love.\u201d Arquette\u2019s transgender sister, Alexis, died last year of AIDS-related complications; members of the Arquette family have long been staunch LGBT allies. (via Advocate)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ally Steinfeld, 17, \u00a0was found dead last week in a rural area near a mobile home occupied by one of the suspects, the\u00a0Associated Press\u00a0reports. Both local and national media identified Steinfeld by a male name, but\u00a0The TM Planet,\u00a0a website focusing on transgender issues, identified her as Ally. She had been stabbed repeatedly, including in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[7698,7699,6217,6086,6029,6034,7700,5528],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42227"}],"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=42227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42229,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42227\/revisions\/42229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}