As they were burying her, the men continued to disparage her. Now, I express how I feel like she did.. Socially Sad and Mentally Arrogant: Boys Locker Room, The AFL-CIO must end union representation of law enforcement. Araujo's family hears rumors about the confrontation and provide information to police, who then get a friend of Nabors to wear a wire from which they record Nabors talking about the murder. In at least one of the trials, a "trans panic defense"an extension of the gay panic defensewas employed. [2] She was murdered by four men, two of whom she had been sexually intimate with, who beat and strangled her after discovering that she was transgender. [51] Magidson, Merl, and Cazares were charged with first-degree murder with hate-crime enhancements.[52]. Magidson, however, has reportedly never shown remorse and has been denied parole twice since his sentencing. "[22], After Araujo was brought back into the house, Magidson grabbed at her skirt and underwear in an attempt to expose her genitals. She frequently encounters psychological triggers that derail her days. She lived with relatives for a while and now shares a room with one of her grandchildren. As she struggles to heal and support herself, Guerrero has also found a deep appreciation for the impact of Gwens life. Some call her mom., She didnt die in vain. ", HAYWARD / Suspect's brother says he tried to aid Araujo / He testifies others blocked him from rescuing victim. "[17] The four men debated in late September whether Araujo was female, concluding that "something bad could happen" to her if she was not. Morbidology Podcast The article continues below Morbidology is a weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by Emily G. Thompson. Police began to interview the party-goers, and one of them led the police to the Merls' house. Watch the ABC7 Originals documentary, "Being Gwen: A Life and Death Story," streaming now in the video player above.It's also available on the ABC Owned Television Stations' connected TV Apps: ABC7 Bay Area, ABC30 Central California, ABC7 Los Angeles, ABC7 New York, ABC7 Chicago, 6abc Philadelphia, ABC13 Houston, and ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. I was treated differently when I was wearing my business clothes to now that Im in shorts and have no money, Guerrero said, waving her hand over her figure. She taught them how to pick wild blackberries and catch salmon from the creek by their house, a place still close to her heart. With content streaming every single day, readers can turn to The Crime Center to fill their true crime needs. She is born with male genitalia and raised as a boy by her family, who call her Eddie. Gwensmurder spurred the first Trans March in 2003. During a police interrogation, Nabors went into detail about what happened and who was involved. If you or a loved one are experiencing a mental health crisis and need to connect with a qualified LGBTQ+ crisis responder. Stuff like that. Gwen Amber Rose Araujo was a teenager who lived in Newark, California. Her hair is dyed black and falls flat against her back. Gwen felt most accepted as a trans woman in San Francisco, according to her mother. The law requires that juries must be informed that they are forbidden from making decisions based on any victim's gender or sexual orientation. That friend told someone else and the rumor of Araujo's murder eventually got back to the family who reported it to police. Emmanuel Merel testified he tried to get Araujo out of the house but was stopped by the other men. Curating the best of The Standards top-notch reporting, every Saturday. [14], Nabors pleaded guilty on February 24, 2003, to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, which carried an 11-year prison sentence, along with a promise to testify against the other three defendants. Araujo also became an inspiration in the transgender community. She says she is excited to return to actively working on the cause. She says she receives emails from all over the world. The case became a rallying cry for transgender rights. "[15] According to Nabors, Magidson added "I don't know what I'm going to do", and Nabors replied, "Whatever you do, make sure you don't make a mess. Bevan Dufty is the lead organizer for Tuesdays event and has known Guerrero for years. Guerrero is the mother of slain transgender teen Gwen Araujo, 17, of Newark. After Araujo was knocked unconscious, Magidson bound her wrists and ankles, then she was wrapped in a comforter to minimize the amount of blood staining the carpet, before being carried to the garage of the home. bitea dose of arts, culture and more. This is the narrative that has persisted since shortly after Gwen's murder, but are there reasons to believe that this version of events isn't quite true? [20] Brown suggested that one of them should inspect Araujo, and Magidson took Araujo to the bathroom. Guerrero considered Magidson and Jason Cazares the principal actors in the killing. Guerrero remembers Araujo telling her, "I don't feel like a boy. When asked how she forced them, Nabors answered, "Through deception. [55], On September 8, the jury announced that it had reached verdicts on two of the three defendants. Gwen Araujos brutal death two decades ago drew international attention and prompted the passage of a law in her name, as well as a movie about her life. It's who she was. Cazares, Magidson, Merl:First trial:MistrialSecond trial: Gwen Amber Rose Araujo (February 24, 1985 October 4, 2002)[1] was an American trans teenager who was murdered in Newark, California at the age of 17. Gwen was a vibrant transgender teenager who was murdered in Newark, California in October 2002. All Rights Reserved. I was not perfect, Guerrero said, reflecting on that moment decades later. Nabors takes police to the site where they buried Araujo's body. She lost her job and suffers from post-traumatic stress. At the sentencing of the suspects, Araujo's mother, Sylvia Guerrero, said that the murder and court process (which lasted three years) had taken an emotional toll on her and that it had affected her relationship with her children. The presiding judge issued a gag order barring attorney from talking to the media. Sylvia Guerrero spoke at the first Trans March held on the Friday before the Pride Parade in San Francisco. A comprehensive rundown Nobody reported the murder of Gwen Araujo. Transgender activists educated the family about what it means to be transgender and the proper use of pronouns. Paul Merl was quickly released because his girlfriend came forward to the . According to court testimony, Araujo, who presented herself as Lida, engaged in sexual acts with Magidson and his friend, 22-year-old Jose Merel. Nabors and Cazares urged the others to "knock the b out", according to Nabors's testimony. Ill never forget the day Sylvia opened the door to her house, said Bernal, now a single mother of seven. Editors note: A previous version of this story incorrectly noted that Sylvia Guerrero was the youngest of her siblings. [56], On September 12, after a week of deliberation, the jury announced its verdicts. [82], Gwen Araujo Memorial Transgender Education Fund. [23] Merl also said he thought she was still alive until he saw her body in the bed of Magidson's truck. It was a beautiful conversation that Ill always cherish, Guerrero said. The program includes police interrogation videos and court evidence not previously seen by the public since the well-publicized trials of her killers more than 15 years ago. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions. A year after Araujo's death, her mother accepts an award from the Horizons Foundation to speak at local schools and promote a better understanding of transgender people. Guerrero has survived in part from a GoFundMe page that raises donations on her behalf. Beto Lopez, Gwens childhood friend, remembered sneaking out of the house in their hometown of Newark to go to San Francisco Pride with Gwen in 2000. NEWARK, Calif. - The 2002 murder of Gwen Araujo marked a turning point in the fight for transgender rights. An estimated 3,000 marched from Dolores Park to Civic Center where a rally was held. For more than a decade after Gwens death, she spoke at events about her daughters murder and the struggle for trans rights at events, before taking a break of several years. Loving son to Sylvia Guerrero of Newark and Edward Araujo of Brawley. In life, Gwen dreamed of being a part of San Franciscos transgender community and its history. The San Francisco Standard. [69] The fund was closed sometime before September 2020. Whether its riding public transit or waiting in line at the doctors office on a daily basis, the amount of trauma a trans person experiences is really unparalleled, and it adds up, Noyola said. Gwen Araujo's murder brought about several changes in California law. The men had claimed a gay/trans panic, a murder defense later made illegal in California in Gwens name with the help of Guerreros activism. Sylvia Guerrero had never even heard the word transgender until her 17-year-olddaughter Gwen Araujo, born a son named Eddie, was brutally murdered. [22] Brown testified that she warned Araujo that the men were "very angry", but upon exiting through the front door, Araujo was confronted and forced back inside the house by Magidson, Nabors, and Cazares. Deputy District Attorney Chris Lamiero announced he will seek a second trial. Guerrero always knew Gwens relationship to her gender was different from other kids. [19][42][43] During the formal entry of his plea, Judge Kenneth Burr warned Nabors that he could still be charged with murder if prosecutors found he was not "living up to your end of the bargain". Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off a male is repeating.. Why Are We Indifferent to Male Rape Victims. Gwens murder played no small part inthe ongoing movement against trans violence and forequality and understanding, said Isa Noyola of theTransgender Law Center. Gwen Araujo was a 17-year-old transgender teenager who lived in Newark, Calif. with her mother, Sylvia Guerrero. [71], In September 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the "Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act" (AB 1160) into law. Jose Merel and Magidson had been sexually intimate with Araujo on other occasions. Lopez stood next to her on a packed BART station escalator. When Araujo was killed, Newark Memorial High School was preparing to stage a play on Shepard's death and the community drew comparisons between what happened to Shepard and how Araujo was killed. Sylvia Guerrero said that she wants attorneys to refer to her daughter as Gwen when the case is retried. [15], On the night of October 3, 2002, Araujo attended a party at a house rented by Jos and Paul Merl,[18][19] attended by them, their younger brother Emmanuel Merl, Michael Magidson, Jaron Nabors, Jason Cazares, and Nicole Brown. HAYWARD / Witness tells of friends' anger at being duped / He HAYWARD / Araujo begged for mercy, witness says, THIS IS A HANDOUT IMAGE. Dufty was elected as a supervisor in San Francisco a few months after Gwens murder and witnessed the community organizing that followed. [53], To avoid a third trial, Cazares pleaded no contest to manslaughter on December 16, 2005,[60] and was sentenced to six years in prison,[61] with credit for time already served. Also at the gathering were Paul's girlfriend, Nicole Brown, and friends Jason Cazares, 22, and Jaron Nabors, 19. He left, along with his brother Paul and his girlfriend, while Araujo was bloodied in the living room. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! July 4, 1999 At age 14, Eddie tells his mom. [17] After half an hour, during which Jos Merl later confessed he had sex with Araujo, Brown went to the bathroom, where she discovered Araujo had male genitalia during a forced inspection. Neither defendants was convicted of a hate crime. [8], Araujo first met Michael Magidson, Jos Merl, Jaron Nabors, and Jason Cazares in late August or early September 2002. Under cross-examination, Emmanuel Merel said he had gone to the police two weeks after the slaying because police had wrongly arrested Paul Merel for the crime. When trans people are painted in negative, stigmatized portrayals by politicians and so-called legal experts as has happened with ongoing bathroom policy debates the trans community gets marked for ridicule and violence, she said. [15], During the February 2003 indictment proceedings, Nabors gave a detailed account of the murder and burial. [78][79][80] AB 2501 was introduced by Assemblywoman Susan A. Bonilla in partnership with Equality California. Jaron Nabors was sentenced to 11 years in prison. [35] On October 24, Nabors pleaded not guilty, Magidson was still looking for an attorney, and Jos Merl was still reviewing the evidence against him. Her face lit up, said Lopez, who came out to Gwen in high school. She fought like a guy. Initial coverage by several news media outlets described the victim as a cross-dressing man. East Bay native Malaika Fraley is an award-winning criminal justice reporter and formerly covered courts for the Bay Area News Group. Guerrero, who was making good money as a legal assistant at a San Jose law firm when Gwen died, is now homeless, shuttling her neatly packed belongings between relatives homes in a friends borrowed car. Two of the men she had a sexual encounter with. [46] Magidson's attorney said that his client was not biased[47] but had been shocked "beyond reason" to learn he had unwittingly had sex with a "man": a variant of the gay panic defense. His first parole board hearing had just gotten underway in Chowchilla on Wednesday when he told the parole board he needed more self-help, including drug and alcohol treatment. At first, she didn't know how to talk about it. Loving son to Sylvia Guerrero of Newark and Edward Araujo of Brawley. At the sentencing, Merl apologized to Araujo's family but Magidson did not show any remorse. At the same time, Gwen's mother suffered from PTSD from the trial. [45] In his opening statement, the defense attorney for Magidson argued that he should not be charged with murder, rather manslaughter at worst, under California law. Merel, who has expressed remorse from the beginning, admitted Friday that back then he felt more sorry for himself. She was the oldest of 11 children to immigrant parents from Irapuato, Mexico. Nabors described how Araujo had locked lips with all four of the men that night to blow marijuana smoke into their mouths in what he described as a "power hit." "My first impression of her was that she wasn't shy at all," Nabors said. It had deadlocked on Cazares, voting 93 in favor of convicting him for murder. Magidson also testified and under cross-examination said he received oral sex from Araujo the night she was killed. The younger brother of one of three men accused of killing a Newark transgender teen testified Thursday that he had tried to rescue Gwen Araujo but had been stopped by one of the men and the prosecution's star witness, who has accepted a plea deal for his role in the death. "[59], Michael Magidson and Jos Merl were sentenced in January to 15 years to life in prison, for second-degree murder. Her depression, anxiety and PTSD are so debilitating, Guerrero hasnt been able to find a full-time job. "The first time I saw makeup smeared, I was yelling, 'What's wrong with you?'" [52] Serra also argued that Cazares took no active role in killing her. [8] Police did not initially take the missing persons case seriously partly because she was transgender,[9] and she was known to stay away from home overnight. In high school, Gwen would regularly ask Guerrero to give her friends advice on their relationships and drama at school. [8] Nabors had confessed to a friend what the four had done shortly after returning from the grave site. At age 14, Araujo sat down with her mom for a heart-to-heart talk. The youngest man charged, Jaron Nabors, then19, led police to Gwens body, hogtied and weighted down with rocks in a shallow grave in the Sierra Nevada foothills, and then testified against the others. I dont have contacts anymore. [61] Magidson was denied parole again in September 2019. She made a promise beside her daughters casket that she would be her voice until people stop dying for who they are. Analysts compared the strategy to the "gay panic" defense. We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. Like the little flowers on the side of the freeway that no one notices. The day after the mistrial, a judge grants a request by the mother of Gwen Araujo to legally change her name from Edward Araujo Jr. to Gwen Amber Rose Araujo. One of those friends was Daisy Bernal, whom Guerrero took in for three years when she was 16. She transferred to an alternative high school, but did not return for the 200203 academic year. [61], Jos Merl was granted parole in 2016 with the support of Sylvia Guerrero. Late in the night, the men demanded that Araujo drop her pants to prove she was not a man. Fourteen years later, the twomen convicted of second-degree murder faced a parole board for the first time this week in a world more aware of what it means to be a transgender person and the dangers the trans community faces. [25] Jos Merl became concerned that Araujo was bleeding on the couch and ordered her off it. Many have since forgotten Gwen. And Im still learning.. She was killed 20 years ago. Araujo's remains are cremated. Jaron Nabors. [2] He was killed by four men, two of whom he had been sexually intimate with while pretending to be female, who beat and strangled him after discovering that he was actually a biological male. Araujo was born with male genitalia but her immediate family noticed early on that she identified more easily with being a girl than a boy. "It is for this witness' safety," Sheppard said, during a meeting with journalists in his office. I dont have my nails done. And if you or anyone you know is being bullied, call the Transgender Law Center for help at 415-865-0176. Gwen was 14 when she and Guerrero were painting their nails in bed, and Gwen told her mom that she didnt feel like a boy. But her murder is still important today. The men would later claim during the tr. Araujo was eventually strangled to death with a rope, tied up and taken by four of the men -- Jose Merel, Magidson, Cazares and Nabors -- in the back of a pickup truck to a camping area in the El Dorado National Forest where they buried her body. By early morning on Oct. 4, the men questioned Araujo and demanded to know if she is biologically male. Nicole Brown, Paul Merl and Emmanual Merl left the house while Araujo was still bleeding in the living room. If they actually did know, then why did they kill her? Araujo's funeral is held at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Newark. Then while Araujo was in the bathroom, Brown went inside, grabbed her crotch, and reportedly shouted to the group, "It's a man.". In 2010, then-Gov. 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On their living room sofa, Guerrero and her daughter planned out the future. California Gov. Magidson was called out for being unrepentant at his sentencing and still has not shown remorse, according to Guerrero. Araujo attended a party at the house Jos Merl shared with his younger brother, Manny, and his older brother Paul, who also had previously engaged in sexual acts with Gwen. [15][29] Brown recalled that after she had left with Paul Merl, they drove around the block and returned to the house to see Nabors and Cazares leaving in Magidson's truck. Araujo surprised her with a strong blow during the fight, and Brown said the men "were tripping, because she was smaller than me and just as strong. The jury deadlocked 9-3 in favor of also convicting Jason Cazares. But the murder of Gwen Araujo is still important today. About it we might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions, readers turn. Off, turn it off, turn it off, turn it off, turn it,. 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