Drag performer found dead in Fayetteville

[FreeState]

http://www.q-notes.com/2009/04/14/drag-performer-is-possible-victim-in-fayetteville-murder/

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Police confirmed on Tuesday afternoon the identity of a homicide victim found near a local gay and lesbian bar.

According to the Fayetteville Police Department, officers found drag performer Jimmy Ali McCollough (Imaje Devera), 34, shortly after midnight on April 14 in front of 119 Joseph St. The body was found near Club Emages, formerly Club Spektrum.

Police are not releasing any more information at the time, including how the victim died, citing the sensitive nature of the case.

Club Emages owner Dy’Mond Cartier told Raleigh news station WRAL that police said McCollough had been stabbed and that the case was being investigated as a hate crime.




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[hlthe2b]

1. I dread thinking how much "HATE" crimes may increase

these next few years, with the RW whipping up the frenzy. Tragic.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

11. K&R I Also...

fear an increase in hate crimes against GLBTQ people. And yet, the fundies keep crying that THEY are the victims.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. how terrible.

[Duncan Grant]

3. K&R for justice in the Fayetteville community.

:(

[AirBaud]

4. Where are the idiots that say the gay community doesn't face this kind of violence and threat?

I see them in lots of other threads throwing in their 2 cents.

[LostinVA]

5. Fayetteville is awash in violent crime

Thanks to Bragg and Pope. My parents lived there for 10+ years, and I had the bad luck of living there for about two years.

[queerart]

6. K & R

[readmoreoften]

7. She was beautiful. /nt

[bluedawg12]

8. She was a knockout! Tragic consequence of dehumanization.

[roughsatori]

9. He brought the violence on himself by not "passing" as a heterosexual male

that is if one believes some DU posters in the last few months.

This is very sad. When I read that the Police are not even releasing how Jimmy/Imaje died I felt sick in the stomach.

There is a history in the USA that of handing out minimal sentencing for the convictions of heterosexuals who kill Gays and Lesbians.

[xchrom]

10. recommend -- very very sad and scary. nt