37 year old Darwin sistergirl dead after stabbing, Man arrested
Police have arrested a 34-year-old man after a Tiwi sistergirl was stabbed to death on the night of the 7th of October at a residence in Malak, Darwin.
Emergency services attended the scene where 37-year-old sistergirl, who is not named by LucyFromNaarm for Indigenous cultural reasons, was found with a stab wound to her chest.
Officers performed CPR for twenty minutes, however she was declared dead at the scene.
Speaking to the ABC, a friend of the victim, Crystal Love Johnson, said that the victim “had everything going for her”.
"She wanted to make her dreams come true, she wanted to live her life how she wanted to live it.”
Disappointingly, the media release by the NT Police & Emergency Services misgenders the victim repeatedly.
It also appears that Commander Patterson of the NT Police additionally misgendered the victim in an ABC News Darwin interview, where ABC had to correct the commander in the articles. However this cannot be confirmed.
This raises the question of how NT Police can be trusted to investigate the deaths of transgender and gender-diverse people properly and without prejudice if they are unable or unwilling to refer to us appropriately.
I’ve put these questions to the NT Police media team and have not yet heard back.
Anyone with information about the stabbing who has not yet spoken to police is urged to contact 131 444 or Crime Stoppers at 1800 333 000.