A Chicago teenager faces a charge of first-degree murder in the death of a 37-year-old woman, whom he allegedly killed after learning she was transgender.
Perez was charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Arthur Wesley Willis ordered that Perez be held without bail on Wednesday. The teenager's next court date is July 6.
The Cook County Public Defender's office, which is representing Perez, did not immediately respond to a call for comment on Saturday. Deenihan said private video cameras near Reyes-Hernandez's home showed Perez returning to her place with a gun. He said the case against Perez grew when they found photo and video of the teen in Reyes-Hernandez's phone.
Perez told investigators that he grew more distraught after he left Reyes-Hernandez's home, and that he went back there and shot her in the head and back. “He thought that was enough so he ran out. But he kept seeing her face, so he went back there to do it again,” Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said during Perez’s bond hearing,“Selena is the 17th transgender person to have been murdered, thus far, in 2020, that we know of," National Black Justice Coalition Executive Director David J. Johns said in a statement.
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