AB 2501 became the first state law in the nation to prohibit the use of the "gay panic" or "trans panic" defenses. But her murder is still important today. I feel like he forced them into homosexual sex, and my definition of rape was being forced into sex." Her PTSD and memory problems leave her unable to return to her former career and force her to scrape by with help fromseveral crowdfunding campaigns, including a recent GoFundMe page. "[15] According to Nabors, Magidson added "I don't know what I'm going to do", and Nabors replied, "Whatever you do, make sure you don't make a mess. a GoFundMe page that raises donations on her behalf. It was just a passing thought, and no one took it seriously, he said. Publicity by transgender activists was credited with informing the public about the tactics the defense lawyers had adopted to blame Araujo for her own death, changing the approach to the case. NEWARK, Calif. (KGO) -- She was killed 20 years ago. Gwen was a vibrant transgender teenager who was murdered in Newark, California in October 2002. That's not a world in which I want to live or most people want to live in. he testified. Nabors was initially charged with murder, too, but he agreed to testify against his friends in exchange for an 11-year sentence. [22][25][27] Emmanuel Merl later testified he walked to a convenience store to buy gum, then went to a friend's house to spend the night. Did the men REALLY not know the truth about Gwen? Guerrero always knew Gwens relationship to her gender was different from other kids. The four who were initially arrested and accused of the murder were Magidson (age 22); Nabors (19), Jos Merl (22), and Paul Merl. The presiding judge issued a gag order barring attorney from talking to the media. Her mother released 17 butterflies in her memory. [8], Paul Merl was released after Brown and Emmanuel Merl told the police that he had left the scene with them. Stuff like that. Then while Araujo was in the bathroom, Brown went inside, grabbed her crotch, and reportedly shouted to the group, "It's a man.". With content streaming every single day, readers can turn to The Crime Center to fill their true crime needs. Bevan Dufty is the lead organizer for Tuesdays event and has known Guerrero for years. Late in the night, the men demanded that Araujo drop her pants to prove she was not a man. Emmanuel Merel said he later had left the house with his older brother, Paul Merel, and the brother's girlfriend, Nicole Brown. It's who she was. [23], She was then placed in the bed of a pick-up truck, and the four men drove her body four hours away, burying her near the Sierra Nevada mountains in a shallow grave in the El Dorado National Forest near Silver Fork Road in El Dorado County. I cant afford it.. Loves the Beach. He left, along with his brother Paul and his girlfriend, while Araujo was bloodied in the living room. She walked into the house with I never heard of the word transgender until she died.". [8] Nabors had confessed to a friend what the four had done shortly after returning from the grave site. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Merl was confident that charges would be dropped. [60] According to Lamiero, Cazares was willing to plead guilty to being an accessory after the fact, but that deal was rejected because the sentence was just three years and admitted no culpability in the murder. The program includes police interrogation videos and court evidence not previously seen by the public since the well-publicized trials of her killers more than 15 years ago. Guerrero, who was making good money as a legal assistant at a San Jose law firm when Gwen died, is now homeless, shuttling her neatly packed belongings between relatives homes in a friends borrowed car. And Im still learning.. [9], On the first anniversary of the murder, Horizons Foundation created the Gwen Araujo Memorial Fund for Transgender Education. At first, she didn't know how to talk about it. A shrine to Gwen Araujo, who was murdered at age 17 in 2002 by four men who discovered she was transgender, rests in her mother's home in Tracy, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. [50], The second trial began on May 31, 2005. Feb. 24, 1985At age 14, Eddie tells his mom that he feels like a girl trapped in a boy's body. At age 14, Eddie tells his mom that he feels like a girl trapped in a boy's body. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. Socially Sad and Mentally Arrogant: Boys Locker Room, The AFL-CIO must end union representation of law enforcement. Magidson, Jos Merl, Cazares and Nabors then drove four hours to the Silver Forks campground in El Dorado National Forest to buy Araujo's body. The San Francisco Standard. Gwen Araujo was a 17-year-old transgender woman from Newark, California. Jerry Brown. Police then question Nabors, Magidson and Jos Merl. Paul Merl was quickly released because his girlfriend came forward to the . [52] To avoid a second mistrial, prosecuting attorney Chris Lamiero argued for a first-degree murder conviction, but gave jurors the option of a second-degree murder conviction for the three, or even manslaughter for Merl. The four men were outside talking and smoking when Nabors asked, "Could this be a dude?" She was fearless, she was angry. Investigators got Nabors' friend to wear a wire and record Nabors talking about the murder. They jury deadlocked once again on Cazares, but this time 9-3 in favor of a conviction. Questions, comments or concerns about this article may be sent to [emailprotected]. She lost her job and suffers from post-traumatic stress. In the fall of 2002, Araujo met Michael Magidson, 22, who invited her to hang out with his friends. She fought like a guy. [45] In his opening statement, the defense attorney for Magidson argued that he should not be charged with murder, rather manslaughter at worst, under California law. One night Gwen decided to go to a nearby house party. Nabors said Cazares and Magidson had first brought Araujo, whom the group knew as an attractive 19-year-old named "Lida," to the Merel home in late August or early September 2002. Gwen was 14 when she and Guerrero were painting their nails in bed, and Gwen told her mom that she didnt feel like a boy. [8] Police did not initially take the missing persons case seriously partly because she was transgender,[9] and she was known to stay away from home overnight. If it's a man, she ain't gonna leave. [34], One of the jurors wrote a newspaper article after the mistrial; in it, he credited Cazares's defense attorney, Tony Serra, with introducing enough reasonable doubt about the veracity of the prosecution's witnesses, including both Brown (who had admitted to consuming more than a dozen beers that night) and Nabors (who was characterized as a liar and "chameleon", prone to exaggeration and eager to please in every social situation). She was calm about it.. but none of the four men took the thought seriously. The four defendants in the murder of Gwen Araujo are being sentenced to prison on January 27, 2006. Back in Tracy, Guerrero examined a broken taillight on her car while holding her daughters framed picture in her left hand. When they killed her, Guerrero said, they killed a part of me.. Now, I express how I feel like she did.. Guerrero is the mother of slain transgender teen Gwen Araujo, 17, of Newark. [30] Later that morning, during a phone conversation, Brown asked Jos Merl what happened, to which he replied "Let's just say she had a long walk home. When Gwen was 8, Guerrero stopped her daughter as she was getting out of the car for school and asked her if she knew she was a boy. She is born with male genitalia and raised as a boy by her family, who call her Eddie. A month before Gwens murder, Guerrero decided to talk to Gwen about her future. [13][14] She claimed to be menstruating and during sex would push her partners' hands away from her genitalia to prevent them from discovering that she had a penis. In life, Gwen dreamed of being a part of San Franciscos transgender community and its history. One of the defense attorneys explained the last question had specifically asked if prospective jurors had watched the film Boys Don't Cry or the play The Laramie Project, but was changed over defense concerns that by being so specific, those who had not would be prompted to watch them. With credit for time served, he was expected to spend approximately five years in jail from that point on. [63] Cazares asked to begin serving his sentence after the birth of his third child, scheduled for March or April 2006, which was granted,[53] although Lamiero noted "it's difficult for me to entertain a request like that when Gwen Araujo is dead". Guerrero became an advocate for transgender rights. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act. "My mom is stuck in her own grief," said Sunseri, who fought back tears about the impact Araujo's murder had on her mother. The younger brother of one of three men accused of killing a Newark transgender teen testified Thursday that he had tried to rescue Gwen Araujo but had been stopped by one of the men and the prosecution's star witness, who has accepted a plea deal for his role in the death. [33], Two days after Araujo was reported missing, a friend of Jaron Nabors described him as appearing distraught. I think it was toxic anyway, keeping all those emotions in. Gwen Amber Rose Araujo (February 24, 1985 - October 4, 2002) [1] was an American trans teenager who was murdered in Newark, California at the age of 17. Magidson, however, has reportedly never shown remorse and has been denied parole twice since his sentencing. [30] After this, the defendants' testimonies diverge. Gwen, often called a woman, was really just a 90-pound girl withno chance against the four drunken youngmen, including two who had been sexually intimate with her, Guerrero said. I feel like a freak.". They are 22-year-old Michael Magidson, 22-year-old Jos Merl, 22-year-old Jason Cazares, and 19-year-old and Jaron Nabors. Because a city this offbeat deserves a newsletter with some Her older sister, Pearl Sunseri, said Araujo let her hair grow out and started to wear makeup. Also at the gathering were Paul's girlfriend, Nicole Brown, and friends Jason Cazares, 22, and Jaron Nabors, 19. Gwen Araujo is born to Sylvia Guerrero and Edward Araujo. On the night of Oct. 3, 2002, Araujo attended a party at a house rented by Jos and Paul Merl. Only charge for Nabors. Transgender activists attended the trial and condemned the strategy to blame Araujo for her own death. They viciously beat and strangled Gwento death at a Newark house party on Oct. 4,2002, after they confirmed she was biologically male. | Olivia Cruz Mayeda/The Standard, By clicking Subscribe you confirm you have read and agree to our. [19][42][43] During the formal entry of his plea, Judge Kenneth Burr warned Nabors that he could still be charged with murder if prosecutors found he was not "living up to your end of the bargain". Yet the disability benefits she originally depended on were rejected in court. The Civic Remembrance and call to action for Gwen Araujo will be held Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 4-6 p.m. at San Francisco Main Librarys Koret Auditorium. During the trial, the defense maintained that Araujo deceived the men into non-consensual sex by not revealing her biological gender and that the men reacted out of rage when they killed her. The jury deadlocked 7-5 in favor of convicting Magidson on a first-degree murder charge. A year after Araujo's death, her mother accepts an award from the Horizons Foundation to speak at local schools and promote a better understanding of transgender people. Fred Phelps and the members of Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church ( who also made an appearance in our last article) promised to picket the funeral but thankfully did not. She held her gaze as tears welled in her eyes. Two of the men she had a sexual encounter with. This is a carousel. The people who alleged to be Araujo's friends often speculated whether or not she was actually a female. The case attracted national attention, both good and bad. Immediately after, she appeared on talk shows and at events with her hair styled, wearing crisp button-downs and leather boots. [9][10] Her older sister said that she was bullied in junior high school because of her voice and bearing. [23] Merl also said he thought she was still alive until he saw her body in the bed of Magidson's truck. [17] After half an hour, during which Jos Merl later confessed he had sex with Araujo, Brown went to the bathroom, where she discovered Araujo had male genitalia during a forced inspection. Manny later testified that he tried to get Araujo out of the house but was stopped by the other men. Now its a huge trans event that kicks off the San Francisco Pride weekend. [17], In the early morning hours of October 4, Magidson asked Araujo to reveal her sex or allow him to touch her genitals, which she refused. The men had claimed a gay/trans panic, a murder defense later made illegal in California in Gwens name with the help of Guerreros activism. Brandon, then 13, and Michael, then 10, lost their sister and in many ways, their mother. 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At the sentencing, Merl apologized to Araujo's family but Magidson did not show any remorse. [4][5] In some contemporary news reports and during the first trial of the perpetrators, Gwen Araujo was misgendered and referred to by her deadname. 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"Mike and Jaron were in front of the door," Merel testified in a Hayward courtroom. It instructed jurors not to let bias against a victim's gender identity or sexual orientation influence their decisions. Curating the best of The Standards top-notch reporting, every Saturday. Sylvia Guerrero had never even heard the word transgender until her 17-year-olddaughter Gwen Araujo, born a son named Eddie, was brutally murdered. A comprehensive rundown Earlier in the day, Alameda Superior Court Judge Harry R. Sheppard ordered the media not to photograph Nabors. [2] She was murdered by four men, two of whom she had been sexually intimate with, who beat and strangled her after discovering that she was transgender. Jos Merl testified and admitted he was ignorant about his thinking about sexuality at the time of the murder. How safe is your neighborhood? Before Gwens death, Guerrero was a legal assistant and had a 401(k) pension account. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. The Gwen Araujo murder trial begins in a Hayward courtroom. [22] Emmanuel Merl testified that he also tried to escort Araujo away from the house, but was prevented by Magidson and Nabors. Ciara-Kiona Purvis September 11, 2022 Interpersonal Communication A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo story is based on a true story. Three men are suspected of killing the 17-year-old who frequently dressed like a young woman. According to court testimony, Araujo, whom the men knew a Lida, engaged in sexual activity with Michael Magidson and Jos Merl. On the evening of October 3rd, she attended a house party with a number of other people, including Jaron Nabors, Michael Madison, Paul Merel, and his brother Jose Merel. She went on to say, "It feels like we lost our mom. The case was also the subject of a 2007 documentary, An episode of the Investigation Discovery channel series, This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 04:32. Magidson was called out for being unrepentant at his sentencing and still has not shown remorse, according to Guerrero. Court adjourned Thursday before Nabors could begin describing the night of the slaying. Her face lit up, said Lopez, who came out to Gwen in high school. As a young boy, Eddie Araujo always felt like he was different in a way. Theywere convicted at thesecond of two trials and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Nicole Brown, Paul Merl and Emmanual Merl left the house while Araujo was still bleeding in the living room. They had met her walking in the middle of the street, drinking a beer. Dufty was elected as a supervisor in San Francisco a few months after Gwens murder and witnessed the community organizing that followed. [7] Besides English, Jogia speaks some Gujarati and French. It was a beautiful conversation that Ill always cherish, Guerrero said. [22], When Nabors and Cazares returned, Araujo was still conscious, bleeding from her head wound and sitting on the couch. Jos Merl, who cried in anguish about having sex with Araujo, then struck her with a frying pan and a can of food. Deputy District Attorney Chris Lamiero announced he will seek a second trial. [69] The fund was closed sometime before September 2020. [15], During the February 2003 indictment proceedings, Nabors gave a detailed account of the murder and burial. At age 14, Araujo sat down with her mom for a heart-to-heart talk. "[59], Michael Magidson and Jos Merl were sentenced in January to 15 years to life in prison, for second-degree murder. [14], Nabors pleaded guilty on February 24, 2003, to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, which carried an 11-year prison sentence, along with a promise to testify against the other three defendants. [75][76][77] The law limited the use by criminal defendants of the "gay/trans panic defense" by allowing parties to instruct jurors not to let bias influence their decisions, including "bias against the victim" based on his or her "gender identity, or sexual orientation". The men would later claim during the tr. Gwen Araujo was born on February 24, 1985, in Brawley, California, to Edward Araujo and Sylvia Guerrero. At the same time, Gwen's mother suffered from PTSD from the trial. The law, signed by Gov. Emmanuel Merel testified he tried to get Araujo out of the house but was stopped by the other men. Only 17 years old at the time of her death, today Gwen would be a 27-year-old young woman had her life not been brutally taken by four men who discovered she was born male. Sunseri said. Nobody reported the murder of Gwen Araujo. Sylvia Guerrero spoke at the first Trans March held on the Friday before the Pride Parade in San Francisco. Nabors described how Araujo had locked lips with all four of the men that night to blow marijuana smoke into their mouths in what he described as a "power hit." After several encounters, the men grew suspicious about why she wouldn't let the men touch her parts of her body. Police arrested Jose Merel and Magidson, who was accused of strangling Araujo. Nabors testified that he stated he "couldn't believe that someone would ever do that, would be that deceitful" and that Jos Merl added "he was so mad he could still kick her a couple more times". Jaron Nabors. The men became suspicious that Araujo was not biologically female because she did not let them touch her genitalia. In this video, I explain my theory about what may have actually happened to lead up to Gwen's murder. When asked how she forced them, Nabors answered, "Through deception. Sylvia is the mother of Gwen Araujo. Analysts compared the strategy to the "gay panic" defense. The younger brother of one of three men accused of killing a Newark transgender teen testified Thursday that he had tried to rescue Gwen Araujo but had been stopped by one of the men and the. This is the life and death story of 17-year-old Gwen Araujo. [48] During his testimony, Nabors said he felt his friends had been raped, since Araujo (whom he referred to as male) "did not come clean with being what he really was. [36], After he was arrested, Nabors wrote a letter to a girlfriend in which he stated the defendants had discussed a "Soprano-type plan" to "kill the b and get rid of her body". "[14], The first trial ended in a mistrial on June 22 following nine days of deliberations, when the jurors were unable to reach a unanimous decision for the three men. [15][29] Brown recalled that after she had left with Paul Merl, they drove around the block and returned to the house to see Nabors and Cazares leaving in Magidson's truck. Magidson, 24, of Fremont and Jason Cazares and Jose Merel, both 24 and from Newark, are being tried on murder and hate-crime charges and could face life in prison if convicted. She was insistent that the justice system would not ignore or betray her daughter.. 2501 into law. The jury deadlocked 9-3 in favor of also convicting Jason Cazares. Guerrero looked after her 10 younger siblings while her parents worked, getting them ready for school and packing their lunches. I dont have my nails done. Gwens murder played no small part inthe ongoing movement against trans violence and forequality and understanding, said Isa Noyola of theTransgender Law Center. After the initial deluge of sympathy letters stopped arriving and donations dried up, Guerrero was left with an eviction notice, no source of income and unimaginable trauma. She taught them how to pick wild blackberries and catch salmon from the creek by their house, a place still close to her heart. 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