Transgender Killer Admits Jealousy of Female Victim

Clear Facts

• A biological male identifying as transgender pleaded guilty to murdering a woman on a Phoenix hiking trail.
• The defendant told authorities he killed the victim because he was jealous of her appearance and wanted to look like her.
• The crime occurred in Phoenix, Arizona, where the perpetrator stalked and killed the female victim.

A transgender-identifying biological man pleaded guilty to the murder of a woman he stalked and killed on a hiking trail in Phoenix, Arizona.

During the proceedings the defendant admitted to investigators that jealousy over the victim’s appearance drove the attack.

“I killed her because she was what I would want to look like,” the defendant reportedly told authorities.

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BREAKING UPDATE: Zion Teasley, who identifies as transgender, has pleaded GUILTY to m*rdering Lauren Heike.

Teasley said that he wanted to "look like Lauren" and was “battling with my gender identity and sexuality."

At the time of the m*rder, he was also on probation for a… pic.twitter.com/SG1uZZzCnB

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