Track 05: THE MURDER OF TY UNDERWOOD

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Summary: Ty Underwood, born Tyrone Underwood, was a transgender female. She was busy with nursing school and described as an overall fabulous person. She spent time on dating sites like Plenty of Fish and was on a quest to find Mr. Right. Unfortunately, she ran into Mr. Wrong.

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Ty Underwood

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Ty Underwood

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Ty Underwood

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Carlton Champion Jr.

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SOURCES

This episode was made possible because of the below sources:

TV SHOW:

Grave Mysteries (Season 1, Episode 2) https://www.amazon.com/Grave-Mysteries-Season-1/dp/B075FB8LQ8

The Murder Tapes (Season 3, Episode 3) https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/the-murder-tapes/

ARTICLES:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/in-texas-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-transgender-hate-crime/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/two-transgender-women-of-color-killed-within-nine-days

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-carlton-ray-champion-now/ 
https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/carlton-champion-jr-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-of-transgender-woman/article_09ea38fb-5a1e-5fba-9238-a0dabc5386af.html

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON TOPIC OF BLACK TRANSGENDER FEMALES:

https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender

https://harvardcrcl.org/americas-war-on-black-trans-women/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/us/politics/black-trans-lives-matter.html

https://www.them.us/story/in-bloom-thorn-molasses-offering-self-defense-tools-training-trans-community

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/daily-videos/black-trans-perspectives-and-the-anniversary-of-the-stonewall-riots/

https://time.com/5601227/two-black-trans-women-murders-in-dallas-anti-trans-violence/

https://www.them.us/story/at-least-13-trans-people-killed-2021-dominique-lucious-springfield-missouri

https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/6/18/18679295/black-trans-women-murder-violence

https://www.them.us/story/44-trans-people-killed-2020-worst-year-for-transphobic-violence