Mother tells killer of Black transgender woman that her daughter’s legacy will live on

Written by on November 10, 2023

DALLAS (AP) — The mother of a Black transgender woman who was fatally shot in Dallas in 2019 on Thursday tearfully insisted to the man who pleaded guilty in the slaying that she will continue the advocacy work that her 22-year-year-old daughter started.

“Her body might not be here but her spirit lives in her legacy here, and I’m going to keep my baby’s name alive,” Stephanie Houston, the mother of Muhlaysia Booker, said in her victim impact statement in court.

Kendrell Lyles, 37, pleaded guilty to murder Monday as jury . . .



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