Dallas deaths: why are black transgender women being killed?

Police call in FBI amid fears of serial attacker

Chynal Lindsey
The body of Chynal Lindsey was pulled out of a lake in Dallas last week

Police in Dallas are investigating the death of the third black transgender woman to be killed in the Texas city in less than a year.

The body of Chynal Lindsey, 26, was pulled out of a lake in northeast Dallas by a local conservation officer on Saturday. Investigators say the body showed “obvious signs of homicidal violence”.

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