Activists from the Coast’s transgender community say the sentencing for the brutal murder of 25-year-old Dee Whigham is far from enough. Former Navy sailor Dwanya Hickerson was sentenced to 40 years for second degree murder and 15 years for robbery…
Today justice for the family of a transgender woman killed by a Navy sailor last July in Jackson County. Dwanya Hickerson met Dee Whigham online, they went to a hotel in St. Martin, had sex and then Hickerson stabbed Whigham…
Today justice for the family of a transgender woman killed by a Navy sailor last July in Jackson County. Dwanya Hickerson met Dee Whigham online, they went to a hotel in St. Martin, had sex, and then Hickerson stabbed Whigham…
A Navy sailor from New Orleans has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of stabbing and slashing a transgender woman 119 times in a Jackson County hotel room. Twenty-year-old Dwanya Hickerson is charged with capital murder of 25-year-old Dee…
The sailor accused of stabbing a transgender woman to death appeared before a Jackson County judge this morning. Detective Leo Allen took the stand detailing what investigators determined to happen between 20-year-old Dwanya Hickerson and 25-year-old Dee Whigham in the…
The driver of the truck authorities believe is connected to the capital murder case in Jackson County is now cooperating with investigators. Last week, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department asked for the public’s assistance in locating the truck that murder…
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department needs the public’s assistance. They're trying to get more information on a vehicle that picked up a black male wearing a backpack from the Kangaroo Store at Washington and Seaman in St. Martin on Saturday…
A judge denied bond for the Navy seaman accused of stabbing a transgender woman to death. Twenty-year-old Dwanya Hickerson made his initial court appearance this afternoon before Jackson County Judge T. Larry Wilson. Judge Wilson denied a court attorney’s request…
Dwanya Hickerson, the Navy seaman accused of killing a transgender woman over the weekend, is set to appear in court today. Hickerson was taken into custody Monday on a capital murder charge. He is accused of the robbery and stabbing…
One man is now in custody in connection to the St. Martin stabbing that left one transgender woman dead in a hotel Saturday night. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested 20-year-old Dwanya Hickerson of New Orleans at Keesler Air Force…
An arrest has been made in connection to the St. Martin stabbing that left one transgender woman, Dee Whigham dead in a hotel Saturday night. Today, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested Dwanya Hickerson of New Orleans. News 25’s Kenda…