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Hate crime murder victim. Brandon Teena [note 1] (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. [2] [3] His life and death were the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys ...
Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) [2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert, and Phillip DeVine at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). [3]
Jake Gyllenhaal (brother-in-law) John Peter Sarsgaard ( / ˈsɑːrzɡɑːrd /; born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. He studied at the Actors Studio, before rising to prominence playing atypical and sometimes villainous roles in film and television. He made his film debut with Dead Man Walking (1995). He gained recognition for his role in ...
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen.The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances.
Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːrɑɱ vɑn dər ˈsloːt]; born 6 August 1987) is a Dutch murderer who was convicted in the 2010 killing of Stephany Flores Ramírez in Lima, Peru.
United States. State (s) Louisiana. Robert Lee Willie (January 2, 1958 – December 28, 1984) was an American serial killer who killed at least three people in Louisiana from the late 1970s to 1980. He was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 18-year-old Faith Hathaway and was executed in 1984. Sister Helen Prejean, a teacher and one ...
Chad Doerman (32) Charges. 9 counts of aggravated murder. 8 counts of kidnapping. 4 counts of felonious assault. On June 15, 2023, in Monroe Township, Ohio, [1] Clayton, Hunter, and Chase Doerman (ages seven, four and three respectively) [2] were shot and killed at their home. The 34-year-old wife [3] of the suspect was injured in the attack ...
His death garnered national interest and was made into the 1983 television film Adam, seen by 38 million people in its original airing. Adam's father, John Walsh, became an advocate for victims of violent crimes and was the host of the television program America's Most Wanted and, later, In Pursuit with John Walsh.