Gwen Araujo (born Eddie Araujo)
Defendants
Michael Magidson – Age 25 [Murder in the 2nd degree] Mandadory 15 years to life
Jose Merel – Age 26 [Murder in the 2nd degree] Mandadory 15 years to life
Jason Cazares – Age 26 [Voluntary Manslaughter] 6 years
Jaron Nabors – Age 24 [Voluntary Manslaughter] 11 years
Wikipedia: Gwen Araujo
Dearest Gwen, you are in our thoughts… WE LOVE YOU!!!
A MySpace for Gwen
Transgender teen’s slaying shakes nation
Mistrial in transgender case
Araujo case draws to close
Transgender Law Center
Life after Gwen (by Gwen’s mother Sylvia Guerrero)
Gwen Araujo murder case
Blogging for Justice: The Gwen Araujo Murder
Movies/Documentaries
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Giving them such light sentences is almost like saying what they did was justified. Were she born a girl, I wonder if the sentence wouldn’t have been harsher. I hope now society can gain some understanding in accepting people for who they are, so others like Gwen aren’t forced to endure such hellish lives.
By: ginger on May 9, 2009
at 2:56 pm
I wonder why the movie made changes to the real story.
By: ginger on May 9, 2009
at 2:58 pm
They change facts in the movies to protect the people that were involved. But, for the most part, it was dead on. I saw the docudrama “A Girl Like Me” and thereafter read the case online and there weren’t too many things off from the real story.
By: Koolaid on September 9, 2009
at 12:58 pm