A Chicago high school student who was a senior is charged with the murder of a Transgender woman. He fatally shot Dejanay Stanton.
Tremon Hill who is 17, has been charged with first degree murder for allegedly killing 24 year old Dejanay Stanton.
Mr. Hill was a student and an athlete at Phillips High School. He was reportedly involved in a relationship with Dejanay.
It is reported that Hill wanted an intimate relationship with Stanton. He told Stanton that he was 18.
Police report that Stanton and Hill and Stanton exchanged many text messages.
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the last conversations sent to the victim, investigators found that Hill expressed remorse and guilt for having an intimate relationship with Stanton and that he was having suicidal thoughts.
Hill asked Stanton to remove the messages and photos from her phone that he had sent.
Hill persuaded Stanton to meet him at a parking lot allegedly.
She was found shot fatally outside of her car.
Allegedly there is surveillance footage of Hill in the area of the crime. Bail has been denied for Hill and he will be tried as an adult.
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