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In this episode, Rachel covers the suicide of Nex Benedict and the murders of Pebbles LaDime "Dime" Doe and Brianna Ghey, while Kiki brings us the disappearance of Deng Vongphachan. Then we chat about books and shows and Star Trek underwear.
Our next book is "Hell's Half Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier" by Susan Jonusas, which we will discuss in episode 16.
Sources:
Dang Vongphachan
NBC Dateline: Missing in America
https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/siblings-hoping-answers-january-disappearance-california-mother-deng-v-rcna139253
If you have information please call the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office at 707-464-4191 or 1-800-222-Find.
There is also a $10,000 reward: https://www.redwoodvoice.org/missing-mushroom-picker-search-persists-redwood-voice-community-news/
Nex Benedict, Dime Doe, and Brianna Ghey:
Kate Sosin, March 31, 2021, The History Behind International Transgender Day Of Visibility, PBS, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-history-behind-international-transgender-day-of-visibility
Marie-Amelie George, April 3, 2024, Nex Benedict’s Suicide Coincides With A Wave Of Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws-And Some People’s Misunderstanding About Transgender And Nonbinary Individuals, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/nex-benedicts-suicide-coincides-with-a-wave-of-anti-lgbtq-laws-and-some-peoples-misunderstanding-about-transgender-and-nonbinary-individuals-226098
Brianna Scott, Courteny Dorning, and Sami Yenigun, March 24, 2024, How Two Recent Cases Of Violence Illustrate The Lives Of LGBTQ People, NPR, https://www.npr.org/2024/03/24/1198910892/how-two-recent-cases-of-violence-illustrate-the-lives-of-lgbtq-people

J. David Goodman & Edgar Sandoval, February 21, 2024, Anti-Trans Policies Draw Scrutiny After 16 Year Old’s Death In Oklahoma, The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/us/oklahoma-transgender-law-teen-dead.html

Jamie Wareham, Nov 13, 2023, Beaten, Stabbed And Shot: 320 Trans People Killed In 2023-New Monitoring Report, Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2023/11/13/beaten-stabbed-and-shot-320-trans-people-murdered-in-2023/?sh=7a0940816460

Press Release, February 24, 2024, South Carolina Man Found Guilty of Hate Crime For Killing a Transgender Woman Because of Her Gender Identity, Office Of Public Affairs: U.S. Department Of Justice. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-carolina-man-found-guilty-hate-crime-killing-transgender-woman-because-her-gender
Rebecca Carballo, February 24, 2024, Man Convicted in Transgender Woman’s Killing in First Federal Trial of Its Kind, The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/us/dime-doe-hate-crime-transgender-murder.html

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2. Anti-Trans Rhetoric and Violence (00:21:00)

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