MOSTLY PEACEFUL LAST NIGHT WE
DO KNOW ONE PERSON WAS
ARRESTED. WELL THE FAMILY OF A
BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMAN IS
STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS A
YEAR AFTER THEIR LOVED ONE WAS
FOUND HANGING FROM A TREE. THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID TT
GOALIE COMMITTED SUICIDE BUT
HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS
DISAGREE AND CLAIM PORTLAND
POLICE DIDN'T FOLLOW IMPORTANT
LEADS IN THE CASE. JENNY YOUNG
LOOKING INTO WHAT SHE'S LIVE.
WHAT IS THE FAMILY TELLING YOU
JENNY.
JEFF THE STATE MEDICAL
EXAMINER HAS NOT RELEASED THE
AUTOPSY FINDINGS TO THE PUBLIC
EVEN AFTER 2 MEDIA OUTLETS
STUDENT OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.
THAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
CLAIMS THAT THERE'S NOT
SUFFICIENT PUBLIC INTEREST.
HOWEVER TT'S FAMILY SAYS A
PETITION SIGNED BY THOUSANDS
SAYS OTHERWISE.
THE FAMILY STILL NEEDS
CLOSURE. THERE ARE A LOT OF
DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE
INVESTIGATED FIGURE OUT WHAT
HAPPENED TO T T AND WHY
CAMERON WHITTEN WAS WORKING AT
THE PORTLAND Q CENTER THE DAY
HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE
FAMILY OF TT GOALIE HEARING
THE STORY OF TT WAS TRULY A
GIFT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND BE
AGREE THIS WAY HER BODY WAS
FOUND.
AAPL GOALIE WAS A 31
YEAR-OLD BLACK TRANS WOMAN WHO
WAS HOMELESS. SHE WAS FOUND
DEAD HANGING FROM A TREE IN
ROCKY BUTTE PARK ON 5/27/2019
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED HER
DEATH A SUICIDE BUT TO THIS
DAY TT'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS
DON'T BELIEVE SHE KILLED
HERSELF MANY PEOPLE IN THE
BELIEVED HE TO GOING WITH
MURDER WITNESS SAYS THE FAMILY
REACHED OUT TO HIM WHEN THEY
WERE BEING IGNORED BY
INVESTIGATORS I CALLED AN
ELECTED OFFICIAL.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER
MAKING THAT PHONE CALL. I WAS
ON THE PHONE WITH THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER FROM MULTNOMAH COUNTY
THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO AN
AUTOPSY. WHY DO YOU THINK THEY
CAME TO THE CONCLUSION SO
QUICKLY THERE IS A HUGE HOUSES
BLACK TRANS PEOPLE THERE'S AN
ONLINE PETITION CALLED JUSTICE
FOR TT IT HAS MORE THAN HALF A
MILLION SIGNATURES WE BUILT
INTO SO MANY PEOPLE TALKED
ABOUT.
HOW POSITIVE SHE WAS
APPALLED WHY SHE WAS TT'S
FRIENDS CLAIMED THERE WERE
HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED
HER BEING MURDERED BY A PERSON
WHO HAD A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE,
ESPECIALLY TOWARDS TRANS
WOMEN. THEY CLAIM THAT SOMEONE
HAD A VIDEO OF IT.
WELL AT THE TIME OF THE
INVESTIGATION LAST YEAR,
PORTLAND POLICE SAID THEY WERE
WORKING WITH THE FAMILY TO
TRACK DOWN THAT POSSIBLE
VIDEO. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO
POLICE WITH MORE QUESTIONS,
I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I HEAR
BACK. WE'RE LIVE TONIGHT,
IRAQI BE APART JENNY YOUNG
KOIN 6 NEWS JENNY. THANK YOU
