Death of Alloura Wells
2017 death of a Canadian transgender woman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alloura Wells (a.k.a. Alloura Hennessy and Alloura Wheeler)[3] was a Canadian transgender mixed-race woman who died in Toronto in July 2017. Her body was discovered in a ravine the following month, but she was not reported missing until 6 November 2017, and her badly decomposed body was not identified until 23 November.
Alloura Wells | |
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Born | 1989 or 1990 |
Disappeared |
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Died | 26 July 2017 (estimated)[1] (aged 27)[2] Rosedale Ravine Lands Park, Toronto |
Body discovered | 5 August 2017 |
Nationality | Canadian |
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Wells's death brought attention to a marginalized community and brought criticisms against the Toronto Police Service (TPS) and The 519 community centre over mismanagement of information. Internal and external reviews were called by both organizations over their policies and accusations of bias against transgender peoples. The case, along with a series of deaths of missing people in Church and Wellesley, Toronto's gay village, prompted the TPS to create a dedicated missing-persons unit.