Taylor Transgender Woman Found Dead Behind Detroit Laundromat, Man Charged

Taylor transgender woman found dead behind Detroit Laundromat, man charged

A transgender woman from Taylor is dead and a Highland Park man has been charged with homicide. Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy, charged Malique Javon Fails, 18, in the death of Christina Hayes, 28. Fails has been charged with felony murder, larceny from the person, and hate crime – gender identity bias. He was arraigned and remanded Monday in 36th District Court before Magistrate Joseph Boyer. The Probable Cause Conference is scheduled for …

Highland Park Teen Charged with Hate Crime in Murder of Trans Woman

An 18-year-old Highland Park man has been charged with felony murder and a hate crime in the death of Christina Hayes, a 28-year-old transgender woman from Taylor who was found dead behind a Detroit laundromat in June. Malique Javon Fails was arraigned and remanded to jail Monday morning in 36th District Court before Magistrate Joseph Boyer on charges of felony murder, larceny from a person and hate crime with gender identity bias in connection …

Man accused of paying for sex, strangling Taylor woman to death after learning she was transgender

A Highland Park man has been charged with murder and hate crime for allegedly strangling a woman to death after learning she was transgender.