Body of missing 54-year-old tranny MAN not WOMAN ABC, found in cemetery on the side of highway in Mexico

Reyna Hernandez, 54, is a Latinx Trans woman, missing from Renton, WA 
since Feb. 26, 2024. She has red hair and many tattoos. Reyna drives a 
maroon and white 2009 Ford Flex, and was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, 
Black jogging pants, and Black tennis shoes. 

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The body of a 54-year-old woman missing since February has been found in a 
cemetery on the side of a highway in Mexico, police say.

Reyna Henandez of Renton, Washington -- a suburb of Seattle approximately 
12 miles south of downtown -- disappeared from her home on Feb. 26, 
according to the Renton Police Department, and her friends reported her 
missing two days later on Feb. 28 when she failed to return home from 
running errands and not opening her hair salon in the Renton Highlands.

“Over the past several days, detectives have served multiple search 
warrants and are following up on dozens of leads,” Renton Police initially 
said during their investigation into the disappearance of Hernandez. “A 
friend reported that he last spoke with Ms. Hernandez on Monday, February 
26, between 10:00 and 10:30 am as she was out running errands. She told 
her friend she was going to a home in South Renton. Evidence recovered in 
the search warrants indicates that Ms. Hernandez was taken against her 
will, and we do not believe her car is currently in the area.”

The case took a turn, however, on March 8 when detectives were alerted to 
a news article in Mexicali about “an unidentified body found in a local 
cemetery on the Tijuana Highway,” according to the statement from the 
Renton Police Department detailing the case.

Investigators from Renton subsequently contacted Mexican authorities and 
were able to provide enough information to identify Hernandez over the 
weekend, police say.

Mexican law enforcement officials arrested a suspect in the case on 
unrelated charges and authorities confirmed that a 61-year-old Renton 
resident is currently in custody in Mexico, where they were also able to 
recover Hernandez’s vehicle.

Authorities did not say what relation Hernandez had to the 61-year-old 
suspect but did say that it was suspected to be a domestic violence crime.

“This is the worst possible outcome, and our hearts go out to Reyna’s 
family and friends,” said Investigations Commander Chandler Swain. “We are 
working closely with Mexicali police and our U.S. Federal partners to 
determine when and where Reyna was killed.”

Authorities are now working to determine the time and manner of death for 
the victim and where the homicide was committed. If it is determined that 
it happened in the U.S., authorities would seek to extradite the suspect 
to face charges in that jurisdiction.

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