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| The corner of 5th and K, NW, has a reputation as a place to meet transgendered sex workers. (Photo by Michael Wise) |
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By: LOU CHIBBARO JR. COMMENTS
 
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5th and K Streets, NW soliciting money for sex.
The case is unsolved.
Carla Natasha (Carlton) Hunt,
35, was found shot to death in her apartment in Suitland,
Md., on May 15, 2000. Prince George’s County police homicide
detectives said friends informed them that Hunt also hung
out at 5th & K Streets, where she sometimes engaged in
sex work, and that friends believe her assailant may have
met her at that location. The case remains unsolved.
Mimi Kim (Kevin) Young,
38, was stabbed to death on April 9, 2003 on a porch at
5500 Foote Street, NW. While testifying as a witness in
a Prince George’s County murder trial, Young acknowledged
she was a sex worker on Eastern Ave., on the D.C.-P.G.
County line, which is known as a gathering place for transgendered
sex workers. Police have charged a woman with the killing
and reportedly have issued warrants for the arrest of another
three men linked to the case. Police sources say the killing
appeared to be triggered by a dispute over drugs.
Bella Evangelista (Elvys Perez),
25, was shot to death at Allison St. and Arkansas Ave.,
NW, on Aug. 16, 2003. Police arrested a man for allegedly
shooting her after paying her for sex and later learning
she was a biological male.
Dee Andre (Dee Walker) was
shot and seriously wounded on the 300 block of I Street,
NW, on Aug. 20, 2003. Walker is expected to survive the
attack. Police sources say she sometimes hung out at 5th
and K.
Emonie Kiera Spaulding (Aaron
Marshall), 25, was found shot to death in a
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