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Za'niyah Williams and Nikki Turietta both died by violence in December.

Investigators initially believed Caldera, who died in December, was hit by a car, but they then discovered she had several gunshot wounds.

Her death occurred in July but has only recently come to light.

Davis was found dead on a city street, her body wrapped in a blanket.

Kee Sam (pictured) and Mia Green are the latest known transgender homicide victims in the U.S.

Judd, who was shot to death in Louisiana in September, has just recently been acknowledged as transgender.

She is at least the 36th trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming person to die by violence this year, and the fourth in the Chicago region alone.

Ramos died after being struck with a hard object, and her body was found in a storage unit in Lubbock, Texas.

Police say they do not believe the shooting was a hate crime and that it may have resulted from a domestic dispute.