International Day to
End Violence Against Sex Workers

In Memorium:

Remember those lost at Green River 1982-1998
• 1. Wendy Lee Coffield, 16 - July 8, 1982, in Tacoma. Body found in Green River July 15, 1982, near Kent.

• 2. Gisele Ann Lovvorn, 17 - July 17, 1982, near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Found Sept. 25, 1982, south of airport.

• 3. Debra Lynn Bonner, 23 - July 25, 1982, south of Sea-Tac Airport. Found Aug. 12, 1982, in the Green River near Kent.

• 4. Marcia Faye Chapman, 31 - Aug. 1, 1982, south Seattle suburbs, headed for Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, Green River.

• 5. Cynthia Jean Hinds, 17 - Aug. 11, 1982, near the Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, on bank of Green River near Kent.

• 6. Opal Charmaine Mills, 16 - Aug. 12, 1982, at a public phone booth off Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, Green River, Kent

• 7. Terry Rene Milligan, 16 - Aug. 29, 1982, on Pacific Highway South. Found April 1, 1984, off Star Lake Road in south King County.

• 8. Mary Bridget Meehan, 18 - Sept. 15, 1982, on Pacific Highway South. Found Nov. 13, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs.

• 9. Debra Lorraine Estes, 15 - Sept. 20, 1982. Found May 30, 1988, in Federal Way. \

• 10. Linda Jane Rule, 16 - Sept. 26, 1982, last seen leaving a motel room on Aurora Avenue North, on her way to Kmart to shop for clothes.

• 11. Denise Darcel Bush, 22 - Oct. 8, 1982, last seen around noon on Pacific Highway South. Body appears first to have been left in wooded area in Tukwila, south of Seattle. Some skeletal remains found there Feb. 10, 1990. Her skull was found June 12, 1985, in Tigard, Ore. Investigators believe killer moved part of her remains.

• 12. Shawnda Leea Summers, 17 - Oct. 9, 1982, downtown Seattle. Found Aug. 11, 1983, north of Sea-Tac airport.

• 13. Shirley Marie Sherrill, 18 - between Oct. 20 and Nov. 7, 1982, in Seattle's International District. Remains found June 14, 1985, in Tigard, Ore., along with those of No. 11, Denise Bush.

• 14. Colleen Renee Brockman, 15 - about Dec. 24, 1982. Family last saw her Dec. 23, 1982. Found May 26, 1984, near Sumner, Pierce County.

• 15. Alma Ann Smith, 18 - March 3, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found April 2, 1984, in Star Lake area.

• 16. Delores LaVerne Williams, 17 - March 8, 1983, at bus stop on Pacific Highway South. Found March 31, 1984, near Star Lake.
• 17. Gail Lynn Mathews, 24 - April 10, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found Sept. 18, 1983, near Star Lake.

• 18. Andrea M. Childers, 19 - April 16, 1983. Found Oct. 11, 1989, south of Sea-Tac airport.

• 19. Sandra Kay Gabbert, 17 - April 17, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found April 1, 1984, in Star Lake area.

• 20. Kimi-Kai Pitsor, 16 - April 17, 1983, in Seattle. Skull found Dec. 15, 1983, near Auburn cemetery. Other remains found there January 1986.

• 21. Marie M. Malvar, 18, April 30, 1983, at a store on Pacific Highway South. Found Sept. 29, 2003, near Auburn.

• 22. Carol Christensen, 21 - May 3, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found May 8, 1983, in Maple Valley.

• 23. Martina Theresa Authorlee, 18 - May 22, 1983, at hotel on Pacific Highway South. Found Nov. 14, 1984, near Enumclaw.

• 24. Cheryl Lee Wims, 18 - May 23, 1983, in Seattle. Found March 22, 1984, just north of Sea-Tac airport.

• 25. Yvonne Shelly Antosh, 19 - May 31, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found Oct.

• 26. Carrie A. Rois, 15 - May 31 to June 13, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs. Found March 10, 1985, in Star Lake area.

• 27. Constance Elizabeth Naon, 21 - June 8, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found Oct. 27, 1983, just south of Sea-Tac airport.

• 28. Kelly Marie Ware, 22 - July 19, 1983, at a Seattle bus stop. Remains found Oct. 29, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs.

• 29. Tina Marie Thompson, 22 - July 25, 1983, Sea-Tac strip motel. Found April 20, 1984, near state Highway 18 and Interstate 90.

• 30. April Dawn Buttram, 17 - Aug. 18, 1983, when police spoke to her in south Seattle suburbs. Found Aug. 30 and Sept. 2, 2003, in a wooded area near Snoqualmie, about 26 miles east of Seattle.

• 31. Debbie May Abernathy, 26 - Sept. 5, 1983, when she left her apartment to go to downtown Seattle. Found March 31, 1984, 12 miles east of Enumclaw.

• 32. Tracy Ann Winston, 19 - Sept. 12, 1983, in Seattle's Northgate Mall. Found March 27, 1986, near the Green River in Kent.

• 33. Maureen Sue Feeney, 19 - Sept. 28, 1983, at Seattle bus stop. Found May 2, 1986, off Interstate 90 near North Bend.

• 34. Mary Sue Bello, 25 - Oct. 11, 1983, on the Sea-Tac strip. Found Oct. 12, 1984, east of * Enumclaw.
• 35. Pammy Avent - Oct. 26, 1983, 4600 block of 44th Avenue South, Seattle. Found Aug. 16, 2003, off state Highway 410 near Enumclaw.

• 36. Delise Louise Plager, 22 - Oct. 30, 1983, at a bus stop in south Seattle suburbs. Found Feb. 14, 1984, near Interstate 90 east of North Bend.

• 37. Kimberly L. Nelson, also known as Tina Tomson and Linda Lee Barkey, 26 - Nov. 1, 1983, at bus stop on Pacific Highway South. Found June 14, 1986, off Interstate 90 near North Bend.

• 38. Lisa Yates, 26 - Dec. 23, 1983, in south Seattle. Found March 13, 1984, off Interstate 90 east of North Bend.

• 39. Mary Exzetta West, 16 - Feb. 6, 1984, in south Seattle. Found Sept. 8, 1985, in Seattle's Seward Park.

• 40. Cindy Anne Smith, 17 - March 21, 1984, hitchhiking on Pacific Highway South. Found June 27, 1987, off Highway 18 near Green River Community College.

• 41. Patricia Michelle Barczak, 19 - October 1986 along Pacific Highway South near Sea-Tac Airport. Skull found seven years later by a survey crew working along Highway 18 in Auburn.

• 42. Roberta Joseph Hayes, 21 - Last seen leaving a Portland, Ore., jail in 1987. Remains found Sept. 12, 1991, along Highway 410 east of Enumclaw.

• 43. Marta Reeves, 37 - Disappeared 1990. Remains found September 1990 along Highway 410 near Enumclaw.

• 44. Patricia Yellow Robe, 38 - Disappeared 1998. Found Aug. 6, 1998, in a vacant lot on Des Moines Way South near Highway 99.

• 45. Amina Agisheff, 36. Last seen July 7, 1982, leaving Seattle apartment. Remains found April 18, 1984, near Highway 18 and Interstate 90.

• 46. Kassee Ann Lee, 16. Last seen Aug. 28, 1982, at 11:30 a.m. at her south King County home by her husband. Remains not found.

• 47. Rebecca T. Marrero, 20. Last seen Dec. 3, 1982, at Western Six Motel on Pacific Highway South. Remains not found.

• 48. Tammie Charlene Liles, 16. Last seen June 9, 1983, downtown Seattle. Remains found April 23, 1985, in Tualatin, Ore., south of Portland.

• 49. Keli K. McGinness, 18 - Last seen June 28, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Remains not found.

• 50. Patricia Anne Osborn - Last seen Oct. 20, 1983, 11500 block of Aurora Avenue North, Seattle. Remains not found.

• 51. One set of unidentified remains.




Remember those lost in South Africa -- 1990-1997
1. Virginia Gysman, 25 at Russel Road.
2. Mercia Papenfus, age 37, St. George's Park
3. Unidentified boy, 14, St. George's Park
4. Unidentified boy, 12-14, Target Kloof
5. Georgina Boniswa Zweni, 42, Prince Alfred's Park.
6. Katriena Claassen, 22, Albany Road interchange
7. Unidentified boy, 12 to 14, Fort Frederick

Remember those lost in Brisbane, Australia
1. Jasmin Crathern, 41 - 1998
2. Elizabeth Henry, 30 - 1998
3. Julie McColl, 42 - 1998

Remember those lost in and around Edmonton, Alberta 1988-2006
• 1. Georgette Flint, 20, Sept. 13, 1988
• 2. Bernadette Ahenakew, 22, Oct. 1989
• 3. Cara King, 22, Sept. 1, 1997
• 4. Joyce Hewitt, 22, Oct. 19, 1997
• 5. Kelly Dawn Reilly, 24, Jan. 27, 2001
• 6. Edna Bernard, 28, Sept. 23, 2002
• 7. Monique Petrie, 30, Jan. 8, 2003
• 8. Melissa Munch, 20, Jan. 12, 2003
• 9. Debbie Darlene Lake, 29, April 12, 2003
• 10. Katie Sylvia Ballentyne, 40, July 7, 2003
• 11. Rachel Liz Quinney, 19, June 11, 2004
• 12. Samantha Tayleen Berg, 19, Jan. 25, 2005
• 13. Charlene Gauld, 20, April 16, 2005
• 14. Ellie May Meyer, 33, May 6, 2005
• 15. Theresa Merrie Innes, 36, May 7, 2006
• 16. Samantha Tayleen Berg, 19, 2006
• 17. Charlene Could, 20, 2006
• 18. Ellie May Meyer, 33, 2006
• 19. Delores Brower, 2006
• 20. Bonnie Lynn Jack, 2006

Remember those lost in Ipswich, England 2006
• Tania Nicol, 19
• Gemma Adams, 25
• Anneli Alderton, 24, (and her unborn child)
• Paula Clennell, 24
• Annette Nicholls, 29



Remember those lost in Pittsburg, PA in 1990s-2000
1. Jessica Freeman, 15, whose beaten body was discovered along railroad tracks in Bethel Park in 1992
2. Faye Jackson, 24, of Garfield, whose dismembered remains were found in a Monroeville creek in 1994
3. Leah Hall, 32, of Oakland, who was found dead in Carnegie in 1997
4. Dorothy Siemers, 29, who was found dead in Carnegie in 1997
5. Unknown skeletal remains of a young woman found in a vacant house in Wilkinsburg on June 28,1999
6. Angelique Morgan, 27, skeletal remains discovered in an abandoned Shadyside house on Oct 6, 1999
7. Cherida Warmley, 43, of Lawrenceville, whose skeleton was found in North Versailles 2000

Remember those lost in Spokane / Tacoma, WA 1994-1998
1. 10-- 18 Unidentified Females
2. Jennifer Joseph, 16

Remember those lost in Los Angeles, CA 1984-1994
12 Unidentified Females


Remember those lost in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 1986-- 1994
34 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in London, England 1987-- 1996
1. Marina Monti, 27, was discovered on waste ground near Wormwood
Scrubs prison in West London January 1987
2. Janine Downes, 22, was found in a hedge near the Wolverhampton to
Telford road in February 1996
3. 12 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Atlanta, GA in the 1990s
10 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in New Orleans, LA, 1991 onward
24 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1991-- 1993
1. Jennifer Janz, who disappeared in July 1991;
2. Jennifer Joyes, who disappeared in August 1991;
4. Tracey Maunder, who went missing in October 1992;
5. Rebecca Boutelier, who disappeared in February 1993.
6. 6 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Glasgow, Scotland 1991-- 1993
1. Karen McGregor
2. Leona McGovern
3. 5 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Lisbon, Portugal 1992
7+ Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Pomona, California 1991-- 1993
7 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Grand Rapids, MI 1994-1996
1. Lesa Otberg, 25, of Grand Rapids, was discovered in March 1994 in
nearby Muskegon, MI
2. Unidentified female, was found Nov 1994 in neighboring Ottawa
County
3. Victoria Moore, 29, whose decomposed body was found 20 miles
north of the city Nov 1996
4. 8 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Toronto, ON Canada 1992
3 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Kansas City, MO 1996-- 1998
1. Christy Fugate, 21, was pulled from the Missouri River near Dover on
October 10, 1996
2. Sherri Livingston, discovered March 1997
3. Connie Wallace-Byas was found March 1997
4. Linda Custer was found March 1997
5. Chandra Helsel's body was found near Boonsville April 1997
6. Tammy Smith was found in the river near Sibly April 1998
8. 4 Unidentified Females



Remember those lost in the West Midlands / Leicestershire, Scotland 1997
1. Tracy Turner
2. Samo Paull
3. Gail Whitehouse
4. Janine Downes

Remember those lost in Newark, NJ 1998
14 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Flint, MI 1999
7 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Williamsburg / Brooklyn, NY, 1999-2000
1. Vivian Caraballo, 26, found in an elevator room on a rooftop in
Williamsburg on August 26, 1999;
2. Joanne Feliciano, 35, found on another rooftop in Williamsburg on
September 16, 1999;
3. Rhonda Tucker, 21, found dead in her apartment in Bedford-
Stuyvesant on September 25, 1999;
4. Katrina Niles, 34, found dead in her apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant
on October 4, 1999;
5. Jane Doe, tentatively identified as Laura Nusser, 43, found dead
February 21 in a burned-out utility room under the Williamsburg
Bridge
6. Patricia Sullivan, 49, found in an empty lot in Williamsburg

Remember those lost in Mashhad, Iran, 2000-2001
1. Afsaneh, 30, the first body was found on a roadside, strangled with a
head scarf found knotted twice to the right side of the neck
2. 11 Unidentified Females

Remember those lost in Miami-- Dade County, FL, 2000
1. Kim Dietz-Livesey, 35 was found June 22, 2000, in Cooper City
2. Sia Demas, 21 on August 9 -- in Dania Beach, about 15 miles away

Remember these other sex workers lost
• Sheila Anderson, April 7, 1983, on Gypsy Brae, Granton, in Edinburgh.
• Arron Light, 17, Sydney, Australia. (2002)
• Cinnamon (aka Timothy Broadus), 21, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2003)
• Majane Mazur, Buffalo, NY (1992)
• DeShaute Hutchinson, 22, New York, NY (2003)



Remember those lost in and around Vancouver's East Side, British Columbia, Canada 2001-
1. Sereena Abotsway, 29 when she disappeared in August 2001.

2. Mona Lee Wilson, 26 when she was last seen on November 23, 2001.
Reported Missing November 30, 2001.

3. Andrea Joesbury, 22 when last seen in June 2001.

4. Brenda Ann Wolfe, 32 when last seen in February 1999 and was
reported missing in April 2000.

5. Marnie Lee Frey, last seen August 1997.

6. Georgina Faith Papin, last seen in 1999.

7. Jacqueline Michelle McDonell, 23 when she was last seen in January
1999.

8. Dianne Rosemary Rock, 34 when last seen on October 19, 2001.
Reported missing December 13, 2001.

9. Heather Kathleen Bottomley, 25 when she was last seen (and
reported missing) on April 17, 2001.

10. Jennifer Lynn Furminger, last seen in 1999.

11. Helen Mae Hallmark, last seen August 1997.

12. Patricia Rose Johnson, last seen in March 2001.

13. Heather Chinnock, 30 when last seen in April 2001.

14. Tanya Holyk, 23 when last seen in October 1996.

15. Sherry Irving, 24 when last seen in 1997.

16. Inga Monique Hall, 46 when last seen in February 1998.

17. Tiffany Drew, last seen December 1999.

18. Sarah de Vries, last seen April 1998.

19. Cynthia Feliks, last seen in December 1997.

20. Angela Rebecca Jardine, last seen November 20,1998 between 3:30-
4p.m. at Oppenheimer Park at a rally in the downtown Eastside of
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

21. Diana Melnick, last seen in December 1995.

22. Jane Doe (remains found but not identified)

23. Debra Lynne Jones, last seen in December 2000.

24. Wendy Crawford, last seen in December 1999.

25. Kerry Koski, last seen in January 1998.

26. Andrea Fay Borhaven, last seen in March 1997.

27. Cara Louise Ellis aka Nicky Trimble, 25 when last seen in 1996.
Reported missing October 2002.

28. Mary Ann Clark, aka Nancy Greek, 25, disappeared in August 1991
from downtown Victoria

29. Yvonne Marie Boen (aka Yvonne England), 34 when last seen on
March 16, 2001 and reported missing on March 21, 2001.

30. Dawn Teresa Crey, reported missing in December 2000

31. Two unidentified women

32. Robert “Willie” Pickton will serve a life sentence for the murder and dismemberment of the first six women on this list. He will stand trial for the murder of an additional twenty-six of our comrades. He has admitted to killing an additional sixteen women, whose remains have yet to be found.









Remember those lost in Atlantic City 2006
• Molly Jean Dilts, 20; Atlantic City, NJ
• Kim Raffo, 35; Atlantic City, NJ
• Tracy Ann Roberts, 23; and Atlantic City, NJ
• Barbara V. Breidor, 42, Atlantic City, NJ

Remember those lost in 2006
1. Suzie Sutherland (Christchurch, New Zealand)

2. The Christchurch Prostitute (Christchurch, New Zealand)

3. Vanessa Lackey Franklin, (Houston, TX)

4. Pamela Ann Goss, (Houston, TX)

5. Lakita Stubblefield, (Houston, TX)

6. Jasmine Clark, (Houston, TX)

7. Two unidentified women (Houston, TX)

8. Susan Third, 21 (Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland)

9. Wong Lam, 37 (Shamshuipo, China)

10. Fok Sau-king (Shamshuipo, China)

11. Mao Chunyan (Shamshuipo, China)

12. Mechelle Hicks, 35 (Goemble Avenue in Buffalo, NY)

13. Robin Renee Brown, 35, (Delaware, OH)

14. Melonie M. Carr, 33, (Delaware, OH)

15. Tawana L. Beane, 40 (Delaware, OH)

16. Tina Renee Gibbs, 26 (Las Vegas, NV)

17. Lanett Deyon White, 25 (Fontana, CA)

18. Patricia Ann Tamez, 29 (Hesperia, CA)

19. Emma Jane Caldwell, 27 (Renfrewshire, Scotland)

20. Veronique Lalonde, 21 (Montreal, Canada)

21. Arron Light (Sydney, Australia)

22. Buffie Sammons, 27 (Columbus, OH)

23. Julie Louise McColl (Brisbane, Australia)

24. Jasmin Crathern, 41 (Brisbane, Australia)

25. Hanna Montessori (Santa Ana, CA)

26. Kristi Hoenig, 21 (Chicago, IL)

27. Shentelle Jackson, 38 (Chicago, IL)

28. Nadine Gurczenski, 26

29. Dawn Stewart, 31 (Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada)

30. Diane Dimitri, 28, (Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada)

31. Margaret Jugaru, 26, (Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada)

32. Cassey Cichocki, 22 (Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada)

33. Nasra Ismail, 27, Regents Canal, Somalia)

34. Tracey Wylde (Glasgow, Scotland)

35. Diane McInally, 23 (Glasgow, Scotland)

36. Arlene Brumfield (Brooklyn, NY)

37. Joanna Washington (Brooklyn, NY)

38. Katherine Collins, 45 (New Orleans, LA)

39. Adele Bailey (Victoria, Australia)

40. Bella Evangelista, also called Elvis Augusto Perez Morales (Washington, DC)

41. Angela Jones, 32, (Queensland, Australia)

42. Beverly Burns, 39, (Queensland, Australia)

43. Toliya Spivey, 29, (Queensland, Australia)

44. Debra Pagan, 47, (Queensland, Australia)

45. Starshun Nelson, 36, (Queensland, Australia)

45. Julia M. Veal, 44, (Queensland, Australia)

46. Roberta McKinney, 32 (Queensland, Australia)

54. Ahmed Khalil, 14 (Iraq)

55. Julie Green, (Daytona Beach, FL)

56. Laquetta Gunther, (Daytona Beach, FL)

57. Iawana Patton, 37 (Daytona Beach, FL)

58. Samantha Tapper, 24, Birmingham, England (2006)

59. Annie Eels, 55, Birmingham, England (2006)

60. Bupha Tanyachiangphin, 24, Pattaya, Thailand (2006)

Remember those lost in Guatemala in 2007
• Jenny "La Gata"
• Estela
• Silvia
• Sonia "La Colocha" (from Honduras)
• Mirna
• Francois
• "La Traviesa"
• Suli
• Ester
• Aracely
• Elsa
• Silvia
• Alejandra
• Marta
• Two unidentified persons, bodies marked as "XX"

Remember those lost around the world in 2007
• Alexandra Marie Cerda Sacramento CA
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• Nadia Frey, 58, NY, NY
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• Alison Daniels, 24, Las Vegas NV
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• Unidentified woman, Kissimmee, FL
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• Emily Sander, 18, El Dorado, Kansas
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• Susan Shivers, 27, Glasgow
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• Unidentified woman, Edmonton, Alberta
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• Jennifer Linton, Aldridge, England
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• Fifteen unidentified women, ages 13-26, discovered in mass grave in Nizhny Tagil, Urals, Russia
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• Hanane Parry, Liverpool, England
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• Pauline Stephen, 25, Liverpool, England
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• Sequoia, 30, San Francisco, CA
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• Roseli Araújo Saints, 31, Belem, Portugal
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• Fonessa Bruyere, 17, Winnipeg, Manitoba (2007)
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• Aynsley Kynch, 36, Winnipeg, Manitoba (2007)
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• Ana Rita Santos Ferreira, Bahia, Brazil (2007)
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• Karen Campbell, 44, Mesa, AZ (2007)
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• 2 unidentified women, Baghdad, (2007)
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• Unidentified woman, Southern France (2007)
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• Willie Bianca Jones, 18, Houston, TX (2007)
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• Six unnamed women, Houston, TX (2006-2007)
An estimated 2000 prostitutes are murdered in the United States every year. Most are unreported and unidentified. May their lives have not been in vain, may their deaths not go unnoticed or unmarked, and may their memories fuel our fire in the struggle for dignity, well-being, and human rights for every sex worker, everywhere.

 

name: Michelle Choiniere, 2005 location: Surrey, BC Canadapress link

name: Claire Laggan, age: 25 location: Doncaster, UK year: 2008 press link

Gwendolyn Lawton, location: Langley, B.C;  year: 2007 press link

JO-ANNE BOWEN aka "Cleo"age: 28, location: Australia,  year: 2006 press link

Sheryl Lynn Koroll; age 50; Langley, B.C.; year: 2007 press link

Tiffany Ann Knight, 23. aka Tina2hot, Greensboro, NC press link 

Brandy Britton: arrested on prostitution charges in 2006. She committed suicide in January before she was scheduled to go to trial.  press link

Deborah Jeane Palfrey,  the "D.C. Madam,   May 1, 2008  Jeane Palfrey hangs herself on mother's property in Tampa, press link

 Alison  Daniels, age: 24; location: Michigan/ E. Lansing; year: 2007 press link

Laura Lee Cross; age: 33;  location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada year: 2001 additional information

 

Audrey Lee Jurewicz age: 26 Salisbury, MD year: 2008 press link

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