The body of an LGBTQ advocate and brother of a former Miami mayor has been discovered in a landfill

[orangecrush]

Source: CNN


(CNN)The death of an LGBTQ advocate and brother of a former Miami mayor is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said, after his body was discovered in a Florida landfill.


Jorge Diaz-Johnston, a plaintiff in a historic same-sex marriage lawsuit against Miami-Dade County in 2014, was found dead at a Jackson County landfill on January 8, the Tallahassee Police Department said.
The body had been in trash collected from an Okaloosa County landfill that morning and transported to Jackson County by a garbage transportation company, according to a statement released by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
The 54-year-old was last seen January 3 in Tallahassee, police said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/us/jorge-diaz-johnston-lgbtq-advocate-death/index.html

[Mike Nelson]

1. Sad...

... I wonder if FOX "News" will promote this as part of their CRIME SURGE in America's cities?

[Marthe48]

2. R.I.P. Mr. Diaz-Johnston

You will not be forgotten.

[IronLionZion]

3. Miami has tons of LGBTQ folks

I would hope they don't also have a lot of homophobes and hate crimes.

[Jose Garcia]

4. It happened in Tallahassee and

the police haven't ruled out the huband as a suspect.

[orangecrush]

5. Not jumping

To any conclusions.

But I-m not sure I would trust Florida law enforcement.

[jimfields33]

6. True but many times spouses are responsible in all cases we've seen in all marriages