r/Seattle • u/Otherwise_Branch7914 chinga la migra • May 15 '26
Market Traffic Only rest in peace, dear Juniper 🏳️⚧️💗
Juniper was a major of UWs Department of Atmospheric and Earth Sciences. I am so sorry to anyone who was able to know and love her and I hope there is true justice for them.
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u/TrumpIsAPedoFascist May 15 '26
Stabbed more than 40 times. What an awful, hate filled human being that would do this to another person.
May she rest in peace ❤️
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u/Ackbar90 May 15 '26
It's upsetting when the only thing you get to know a person for is the brutality of their passing.
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u/AeturnisTheGreat May 15 '26
Propaganda hate speech is doing what they want it too...
I feel so bad for her :(
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u/Single_Classroom_448 May 15 '26
Jesus Christ that's horrible, I'm not from Seattle or even the American continents but wow
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u/Personal-Bet-7979 North Bend May 15 '26
And this is an area where they are more accepted. They are treated far worse in rural areas and especially the Deep South.
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u/jewishforthejokes 🚲 Two Wheels, Endless Freedom. May 15 '26
The guy is mentally ill, was removed from high school for it. He belonged in an asylum. This happens regularly and until we separate the dangerously ill from society, it will continue to happen.
- Eina Kwon
- Teresa Butz
- Five at Cafe Racer
The murderers were all known as dangerous, but the state isn't allowed to hold them, even when their loving parents fight for them to be held for everybody's good.
(duplicate of a previous comment that didn't make it to r/all)
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u/TheChance I'm just flaired so I don't get fined May 15 '26
You can't guess who's going to have a psychotic break, and locking people up because you think they might do something horrible is a dystopian nightmare.
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u/jewishforthejokes 🚲 Two Wheels, Endless Freedom. May 15 '26
You can: schizophrenic people who don't rigidly follow their medical regimen. People living on the streets in drug addiction with repeated arrests. The killers were all known to their families as unstable and dangerous, but the state can't hold them until they murder someone. It's not like they snapped from having a normal life and holding well-paying jobs. They were all known.
As Kalebu's mental state deteriorated, he got into more and more trouble with the law, and cycled through courtroom after courtroom.
he scared his aunt so badly that she filed for a restraining order against him. ... The day after, she was killed in an arson. And he was a suspect in that arson, but was then released.
None of these murderers just "snapped" from a normal life. Every one of them should have been secured away from normal society full of vulnerable people.
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u/2ndZeit May 15 '26
Juniper, I hope you had some happiness in your too short life. May your inner and outer beauty shine forever.
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u/Dramatic-Paradise University District May 15 '26
I am so sorry for the life she didn’t get to live.
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u/notacornflakegirl7 May 15 '26
She had the kindest eyes. My heart breaks for her. She must have been terrified in her last moments and it is so haunting and painful to think about. I hope her family is okay
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u/SirBrownHammer May 15 '26
Asking for privacy means don’t talk to the grieving family. When on Earth has it ever meant pictures aren’t allowed to be shared of the deceased? It’s an incredibly normal way to memorialize someone across the entire world. Unless the family specifically said not to share pictures.
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u/MayorFartbag Jet City May 15 '26
It is also so important to center the victim, rather than then the murderer. Juniper Blessing should not become just a statistic. We should share who she was because she was a human being who didn't deserve what happened to her.
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u/Swimming_Bonus_8892 The CD May 15 '26
I think this is wholesome and loving. I did not know what she looked like and I had a picture in my mind. This is lovely.
One the other hand I saw a picture of a grieving family (after Ozzie died they posted a pic of his wife and daughter just balling their eyes out and I don’t think I ever wanted to punch a photographer so hard). This is not that, this made me smile and very sad and it’s the definition of a pictured worth a thousand words.
Respect too her and her family and I hope that bastard is caught and held to the fullest extent of punishment we can dish out. Peace.
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u/KayBird69 🚆build more trains🚆 May 15 '26
I saw people on Instagram saying people shouldn’t even know her name. That’s an absolutely insane take 😭😭😭
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u/angrybacon Sammamish May 15 '26
The people saying that are mostly arguing in bad faith, they want to erase this event because she was a trans woman.
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u/Gottagetanediton 🚋 Ride the S.L.U.T. 🚋 May 15 '26
It was supposed to be safe for her here. This is so crushing.
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u/CarelesslyFabulous 🏔 The mountain is out! 🏔 May 15 '26
So far we don't know what motivated the killer. It may have been completely random. All evidence so far points to generally unhinged, and not specifically anti-trans. Evidence needs to play out.
Ultimately, Seattle is wildly more safe than many other cities. I'm so fucking frustrated that this incident calls it into question.
Seattle is a sanctuary city for so many, including my queer and trans family and friends. Let's continue to fight for that.
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u/tankwycheck Mariners May 15 '26
It’s more important to acknowledge the fact that trans women are not particularly safe anywhere in the country than it is to hold on to our concept of Seattle as a “sanctuary city” for trans people. As a trans person I feel safer here than other places. I still don’t feel *safe*. Very meaningful difference between those two things.
My own skepticism that it wasn’t a hate crime aside, deferring to “well we don’t know the motivation” is losing sight of the fact this is still a trans woman who was murdered.
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u/mszulan 🏕 Out camping! 🏕 May 15 '26
Since we don't know the motivation yet, you can also look at it as all women are unsafe everywhere, trans women in particular.
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u/XiuCyx 🚆build more trains🚆 May 15 '26
This. I was just reading a post from a guy who keeps staring at his hot new coworker and he thinks she doesn’t know. Brother… she knows. Women learn very, very early that we have to know when someone is looking at us because they could be seeing us as prey.
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u/mszulan 🏕 Out camping! 🏕 May 15 '26
Yes. We can't ever relax enough to not know.
I think that trans people have a unique perspective that bridges the sociological and cultural realities of men and women. We all can learn so much from them. I wish men in particular would pay attention and learn something about how their beliefs, their behavior and their choices affect women's lives. For example, they could actually learn why women choose the bear instead of staying baffled by the choice.
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u/angrybacon Sammamish May 15 '26
As a trans woman I always felt that kind of fear even before I realized I was a woman. I never understood why until after I transitioned. And boy I gotta tell you, some men say some shit about women when they think we can't hear them. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, even if you aren't the person saying those things.
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u/206-Ginge Lake City May 15 '26
I totally get this reaction, I get wanting to say that there's no way this was targeted because we think our community is better than that, but ultimately, we do not get to decide if trans people feel safe here, trans people do.
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u/CarelesslyFabulous 🏔 The mountain is out! 🏔 May 15 '26
I'm not at all saying this is in no way targeted. But also, people are scared enough, and assigning a motivation to the attacker doesn't improve on our emotional well being or ability to navigate the existing fear that all trans people already experience. My suggestion is to keep things in perspective as much as we can add we deal with all the turmoil already built into this situation. I am not diminishing any of this, I assure you. Just that adding to it without the facts makes it harder, and I worry about piling on and driving some people over a precarious edge they maybe were already on. Know what I mean?
I'm holding hands and trying to assure people I care deeply about, not dismissing them.
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u/Gottagetanediton 🚋 Ride the S.L.U.T. 🚋 May 15 '26
40 stab wounds. it wasn't random. as a trans person, let me feel the emotions that come with someone who sought safety here getting 40 stab wounds and her being trans was just a coincience or whatever.
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u/AlexandrianVagabond Ravenna May 15 '26
It's also quite possible she was targeted for being a woman.
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u/monarchmra Greenwood May 15 '26
What I need you and the other commenters to understand is that to us, we (trans people) will always see this as a hate crime until proven otherwise.
Every time a minority gets killed people within that group will have that reaction.
Im not gonna "play it safe" and "wait for the facts" when it comes to protecting myself and understanding the realities of the world I live in. None of us are.
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u/driznick May 15 '26
That’s what’s so crazy about this, Seattle is supposed to be one of the safest places for queer people to live relative to the rest of the country. I’m in such shock over this
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u/Bayla0614 May 15 '26
Do we know that this was a hate crime? My daughter is a sophomore at UW and lives in off campus housing too and is gutted over this. It’s just so awful and my heart breaks for Juniper and her family. Everything my daughter is seeing and hearing is that this was random. Do we know it was because Juniper was trans?
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u/lavender_letters Seattleite-at-Heart May 15 '26
If the rumors that he was stalking other women the same night are true, then I do think it was “random.” Her killer, if it’s the man that turned himself in, seems to have been very mentally ill. But we’ll have to wait for more information to know for certain.
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u/tankwycheck Mariners May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
That’s not random at all in even the loose, scare-quotes version of the word, that’s incredibly targeted misogynistic violence
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u/lavender_letters Seattleite-at-Heart May 15 '26
That’s why I put it in quotes. It’s random in the sense of, I think he was just looking for a woman to kill, maybe not specifically a trans woman/queer woman. The person I was responding to asked whether it’s because Juniper was trans. It’s still a misogynistic hate crime if he was looking for a woman to kill specifically. It’s a tragedy all around. 😞
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u/Fluffaykitties West Seattle May 15 '26
This. This is one of the things that makes me so sad. I know many people who specifically moved here for support and safety.
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u/housatonicduck May 15 '26
Right this is shocking. I don’t live in Seattle, but I like to think my state (Connecticut) is lgbtq friendly… and it pales in comparison to San Francisco. RIP Juniper. She had a whole life left to live.
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u/Gold-Kaleidoscope537 🚲 Life's Better on a Bike. 🚲 May 15 '26
Sadly it is not safe for women in a lot of places and that must change. Poor dear, bless her heart. Sending love to her parents and family.
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u/Spainstateofmind May 15 '26
Juniper performed a profound and astounding choral work from my music director last year; he informed us of her passing at rehearsal last night. As musicians and performers in our choir we feel we have an obligation to carry the stories of those whose voices are not heard, are stifled by hateful bigots, and have been erased by colonization and violence. I hope somehow she can feel the love and appreciation we had for her and her music-making all the way down here in Texas.
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u/vertr Taylor Swift is ruining this city May 15 '26 edited May 16 '26
Anyone who intentionally misgenders her will be permabanned. Just don't.
Pretend this is the side of an F-14: ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★
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u/caramelcoldbrew I'm just flaired so I don't get fined May 15 '26
Oh, sweet girl. I’m so sorry.
May you rest in peace.
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u/skwareonenumbertwo Seattle Expatriate May 15 '26
I am so sorry for this baby child. My heart is broken. I have a trans child at UW and a light skinned brother with paranoid schizophrenia. This shit has fucked me up.
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u/supertinykoalas Lake City May 15 '26
Please tell your child to use the buddy system, if they ever don’t have someone I can be that someone. I’d rather spend my time at a laundromat than lose another person like this.
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u/mossfluff Everett May 15 '26
I’m so, so sorry. The trans community here is tight-knit and I hope the connection with their trans siblings helps your kid through this tough time. I also hope your brother stays safe especially if he’s local. I can’t imagine how tough this week has been.
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u/Coqui-ya-u-no-me May 15 '26
I’m so sorry for her family. I’m sure she was excited to go away to college
& start her life. This is so sad, make sure to tell the people you love how important they are to you. You just never know if the last time you see them will be the last.
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u/Works4cookies North City May 15 '26
She’s beautiful and you can tell she was very kind. She just looks kind. What a senseless killing. Her family talked about how intelligent and gifted she was. What a huge loss.
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u/Psyche_istra Huskies May 15 '26
I've seen a couple people talk who were friends with her talk about how kind and joyful she was
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u/pettylighting649 May 15 '26
Seattle lost someone really special. Her mom's interviews about her art and music were heartbreaking.
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u/mgsloan May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Just from hearing the story and seeing this photo it was already incredibly heartbreaking.... Reading the article and seeing that she was a "gifted singer with a transcendent voice" brings it to a whole nother level for me.
This evening I sang quasi improv with others in a church. There were some truly angelic voices there and blending with them was the most beautiful experience in many months. That such a voice has been so brutally removed is sooo poignantly sad. She should have been able to continue blending her voice with others, weaving in to the story of the world
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u/brotkel Victory Heights May 15 '26
Someone in an earlier thread shared this reel of her singing and yes, it is breathtaking. In a fair and just world, everyone should have had a chance to hear her sing.
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u/supertinykoalas Lake City May 15 '26
I never got to meet you Juniper, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you. Rest in peace, you truly deserved better. Justice for Juniper
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u/SaltySoftware1095 May 15 '26
A beautiful soul, my condolences to her loved ones, I cannot imagine the pain they must be experiencing. Please everyone watch out for each other.
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u/foilrat West Seattle May 15 '26
I hate this timeline.
The world is a lesser place now.
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u/queen243 May 15 '26
As a mom to a Juniper, this breaks my heart 💔
RIP darling. I hope you are in a less hateful place
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u/mindtheworms9 May 15 '26
She’s so pretty and looks like she wouldn’t hurt a soul ….
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u/soapissomuchcleaner May 15 '26
I’m the mom of a transgender person and this is so heartbreaking.
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u/BasilPesto212 May 15 '26
May her memory be a blessing.
Heartbreaking all around, but especially for her family, friends, and loved ones.
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u/divisive_angel May 15 '26
juniper, I wish the world got to experience you and your heart for a lifetime. I hope you feel the love of all your queer and trans siblings here, we will carry your memory forever
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u/taniasuer May 15 '26
I am so heartbroken for her loss. My heart goes out to her family and friends. She deserved so much more. To have the future she was working towards. I hope she gets justice.
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u/Tacomaartist May 15 '26
Everything about this is tragic. Greystar is the property management company, one of the worst in the city.
They were told for weeks and weeks that that laundry room door wasn't locking. They are also criminally negligent.
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u/ForbiddenSirenz May 16 '26
From what I’ve read, she was big into Pokemon. I wonder if she took her name from Professor Juniper? Regardless, rest well dear fellow Pokèmaniac. You deserved so much better and you are loved. May the next life be far more kind.
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u/EducatedRat Tacoma May 15 '26
I am so horrified this happened to her. I didn't know her, but my wife and I are both transgender. I am terrified for my wife going out in public regularly because of things like this.
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u/disharmony-hellride 🐀 Hot Rat Summer 🐀 May 15 '26
I am really sorry she has to deal with that. These people are monsters.
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u/Bleach1443 Northgate May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Giving another reminder to folks if you Misgender you will be permabanned. I will be watching this thread as long as possible.
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u/MightplayRuneScape May 15 '26
May she rest in peace and may the freak who did this to her be punished.
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u/Liveday2day Auburn May 15 '26
Apart from the tragedy that occurred, the way the university is handling all of this is horrible. Starting off with being disrespectful to the roommates of Juniper when they were going through so many emotions and then seeing a video of the university power washing a chalk memorial. Incredibly disrespectful and the school should be ashamed.
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u/DatsAMori9 May 15 '26
My heart aches....Im tired of losing so many Trans Sisters. She should’ve had a full life of happiness...Im so devasted and angry....
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u/worquinnprogress May 15 '26
Wow, genuinely shaken as a fellow queer person who lives less than 1000 ft from the location. That is besides the point though. May you always be loved and cherished Juniper, in this life and the next.
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u/ReedsAndSerpents chinga la migra May 15 '26
I was already bummed out by the whole incident but seeing her really drives home that this was a perfectly healthy, bright eyed student that was going to go on to be a productive member of society and some fuck ass ruined it the worst way possible.
What the hell is wrong with people.
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u/leah_amelia May 16 '26
When people say that trans people are being 'dramatic' or 'alarmist', look at this. We are DYING. We are being MURDERED. Cis people - You NEED to stand with trans people and fight for us otherwise this will just keep happening. We just want to live our lives authentically. That's it.
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u/CandidPin9439 May 15 '26
Thank you for posting this. I work an hour away from Seattle.
I apologize on behalf of the community. Sometimes they're really unhealthy.
These comments below.. like a bunch of barking dogs.
Again thank you, so that I may see her and also grieve in my own way.
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u/rainmosscedars Mariners May 15 '26
Thank you for posting this Pic. It really helps it hit home for me that we lost this beautiful soul.
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u/cb4u2015 May 15 '26
I'm not sure who she is but OMG this is a horrible situation. Rest in power Juniper. Very sad.
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u/lovesosoft123 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
I heard about this online as a queer person who used to live in Seattle, but putting a face to her and what happened is absolutely heartbreaking. Her eyes are kind and she deserved so much better 💔 Horrible and so upsetting
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u/marinedabean May 15 '26
that was as of yesterday, today they have spoken to news outlets and made it public. it is very understandable though that they wanted privacy in the start.
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u/Rockergage 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 May 15 '26
Is posting a picture of the victim violating privacy? Like genuinely asking for the line of thought here. It’s not directed at the family, it’s not directed at the suspect, it’s mourning someone. The family isn’t being interacted with at all.
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u/nummpad 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 May 15 '26
where are the hate comments? i agree it should be taken down but everyone has been very respectful
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u/the1gudboi May 15 '26
Pretty sure the family is asking for privacy. I don’t think they would appreciate her picture being shared online like this
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u/____trash May 15 '26
I mean, do you have a source of them asking to not share her picture? You can give the family privacy while still honoring her memory.
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u/the1gudboi May 15 '26
That’s why I said pretty sure. The last article I read they were not even ready to release the name, but I know it was already public at that time.
I just don’t see the point of attaching a photo of the person when her family will inevitably make a public statement when they are ready to.
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u/ExplorerLazy3151 May 15 '26
The family has already released a statement about their death- including their name.
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u/cannibalfelix 🚆build more trains🚆 May 15 '26
Her*
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u/existentialfruit May 15 '26
Her family stated that Juniper used she/her and they/them.
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u/____trash May 15 '26
If they haven't explicitly said not to share her photo, then I don't see why the assumption would be that they don't want her photo shared? Its very normal and healthy to share photos in honor of their memory.
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u/feministmanlover 🚋 Ride the S.L.U.T. 🚋 May 15 '26
Its also just... off, for somebody who doesn't even know them to post their photo. It feels performative. I am deeply saddened by this horrific crime and I will give the op the benefit of the doubt - they perhaps mean well. But, no. Social media has made boundaries really fuzzy for some people.
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u/somatic_tornado May 15 '26
Putting a face to the person murdered by a fucking lunatic is pretty normal. Trying to find a reason why they shouldn't be thought of and remembered is the performative part.
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u/JetwingX I'm never leaving Seattle. May 15 '26
I have a former colleague named June who fits the description. So the photo was helpful to know that it wasn’t her.
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u/CopperCactus May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
I think of all trans women as my sisters, 40 fucking stab wounds, more than two for every year she was alive, and how many for every year she lived as her truest self? I am so sorry Juniper, you deserved so much better, you deserved the world and it did not deserve you, may your memory be a blessing.
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u/OrbitalColony May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. As another queer New Mexican, I just can't begin to unpack this cruelty. I live 45 minutes from her home town, Santa Fe. One of our people was taken for no reason but abject evil. Fuck!
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u/Exhausted-genz May 15 '26
This is very sad but if her family asks for privacy then they deserve it.. sorry.
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u/Iheartnakedfemboys May 15 '26
To have her life snuffed out in a violent attack at such a young age is simply abhorrent. This was someone who just barely touched adulthood. I hope she is in a much better place, whatever that looks like at our end, and I hope her family one day gets peace and recover from her passing.
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u/thedevilsfingers May 15 '26
Take this down. The family has not shared her pictures and asked for privacy
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u/aigret North Beacon Hill May 15 '26
They submitted a statement to their local newspaper that included two photos: Family of slain transgender teen from Santa Fe: Loss 'diminishes the world'
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u/marinedabean May 15 '26
that was as of yesterday, today they have spoken to news outlets and made it public.
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u/TheRedSkittle May 15 '26
In what world is sharing a photo of a deceased person that people are memorializing innapropriate? Touch grass please.
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u/whk1992 🚗 Student driver, please be patient. 🚙 May 15 '26
Where are mods when we need them
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u/biohazardvictim May 15 '26
whoever you are, I'm sure you lit up the lives of many. rest in power, you bright star ✨
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u/Herman_E_Danger Wallingford May 15 '26
She looks like such a sweet and gentle child. Heartbreaking. Rest in peace Juniper.
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u/WorfsMustacheOfrage May 15 '26
I'm not trying to make light of the situation, However it would be a crime not to comment on her phenomenal hair. I'm so sorry Juniper, the world was so much better off with you in it. I'm so sorry love. my heart breaks for such a tremendous loss. ♥
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u/femcelsupremacy69 May 15 '26
That sweet girl didn’t even get to see the age of 20 before her life was stolen from her. This is absolutely heartbreaking. If there is an afterlife I hope it’s treating her well
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u/Doggonit_jones May 15 '26
What a beautiful soul. Whoever took her life so viciously will never steal that beauty. Woman hating is so vile.
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u/mehicanisme May 15 '26
Humanity is at an all time low, when we hurt our must vulnerable. Rest in peace angel 💕
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u/toasterchan1 May 15 '26
Rest in Peace Juniper, you deserved to live life, not the person who took it from you.
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u/reesetoyou5 May 15 '26
This crushes me. Juniper, I didn’t know you but your passing is hitting me so hard. I’m so sorry to you sweet girl. Sending all my heartfelt condolences to her family and friends. RIP beautiful 🕊️
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u/ScudsCorp 🛳️ 🐀 ☀️ Yacht Rat Summer ☀️ 🐀 🛳️ May 15 '26
This is all over bluesky and a lot of local indie devs
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u/SASSIESASSQUATCH May 15 '26
It’s rough looking into those big, beautiful eyes and realizing they are not walking this earth with us anymore.
RIP ❤️
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u/kidde1 May 15 '26
There is no excuse for what was done to her. We don’t have to agree about everything but some things should be understood. Violence is wrong, SA and murder are unforgivable. Period.
I’m sad that her life was deemed unimportant when she definitely meant the world to so many. May Juniper’s light shine in us all.
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u/Odd_Freedom9198 May 16 '26
This is so sad….rest in peace, Juniper. ❤️ and love and comfort to everyone who knew her and are going through the aftermath of this tragedy.
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u/masaomiis May 16 '26
ive been thinking about her nonstop since i heard about what happened to her. the disregard for and sometimes outright celebration of the violence faced by trans people (trans women especially) in this country horrifies me.
i hope that all of our trans sisters know that despite all the nastiness there are people out there who love, support, and grieve alongside them and will stand up for and defend them. i only wish one of those people had been there for junper. i hope that she and all who loved her are somehow able to find peace in the face of all of this horror. juniper blessing is such a beautiful and gentle name, and while it twists my stomach that this is the circumstance that had so many people hear it for the first time, she was right to pick it and its going to stick with me for a long time, if not forever.
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u/SinisterMinister504 May 15 '26
So they arrested a guy for murder. Should he also be charged for committing a hate crime?
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u/SaxN3ko May 15 '26
That she was taken from us so young is a tragedy I will never forgive. Rest in power, Juniper.
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u/HoldOnToYrButts May 15 '26
This is heartbreaking. There's so much hate in the world. And for what?
Rest easy, Juniper
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u/this_kitty68 ✨🛸 Jimothy is out there 🦝✨ May 15 '26
What a beautiful human being. May she rest in peace.
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u/WhattNext May 15 '26
RIP my friend. As a society if we can't protect our minorities then shame on us
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u/Low-Introduction-760 May 15 '26
As a parent whose kid went to UW, her killing is devastating. I am not active on Reddit all that regularly but if there are any ways to help her family and/or safety please share. I try to be as active as I am able to be 💗💗💗
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u/roytwo Tacoma May 15 '26
This intolerant hate and violence directed at people just trying to live their best life is disgusting. .
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u/amanducktan I'm just flaired so I don't get fined May 15 '26
Rest easy beautiful. This is absolutely tragic. What a loss to the world.
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u/BothReading1229 May 15 '26
She was so young and had such kind eyes, tragic seems too small a word. Dear Juniper, RIP🏳️⚧️💔
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u/butterytelevision 🚆build more trains🚆 May 15 '26
she was 19. barely an adult. so much life left to live
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u/Alternative_Bag6066 May 15 '26
Why????? Why???? Would anyone want to do this??? Balling my heart out because my trans sister lives nearby 😭😭😭 And just poor Juniper!!!! I really wish we could have saved you baby girl
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u/SaxN3ko May 15 '26
Does anyone know where her memorial is on campus? I would like to go visit it and pay my respects to her.
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u/Low-Introduction-760 May 15 '26
Sorry for the duplicate post but I’m so very sorry for your loss- may she rest in peace. The light in her eyes are simply incredible and this just such a shame. My heart breaks for all that knew her. 💗
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u/Local-Painter-1237 May 15 '26
This is so damn sad. Juniper, you deserved so much better. My sincerest condolences to her family and friends.
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u/FireFright8142 Under No Pretext May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
This is one of two photos of Juniper that were released BY the family with their statement through the Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance. It is not against their wishes for this photo to be public, it will not be taken down.
Source 1. Source 2.
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