Transgender woman brutally beaten to death outside Miami City Ballet

A TRANSGENDER WOMAN BADLY BEATEN AND KILLED IN MIAMI BEACH. THE PERSON BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE IS NOW BEHIND BARS. >> TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE VICTIM'S STEPFATHER. CHRIS HEDGES LIVE OUTSIDE THE MIAMI DADE JUSTICE BUILDING WHERE THE SUSPECT REFUSED TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY. >> Reporter: AS OF RIGHT NOW, MIAMI BEACH POLICE ARE NOT CALLING THIS A HATE CRIME. BUT STILL, THE DETAILS OF THIS VERY BRUTAL BEATING ARE DIFFICULT TO LISTEN TO, AS A WARNING BEFORE YOU HEAR THIS. THE SUSPECT IS NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER. >> I KNEW ONE DAY THIS COULD HAPPEN. >> Reporter: VICTOR SAYS THE FAMILY IS DEVASTATED OVER THE LOSS OF HIS STEPDAUGHTER, 37- YEAR-OLD ANDREA DOS PASSOS. SHE WAS FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH OUTSIDE THE MIAMI CITY BALLET DANCE BALLET IN MIAMI BEACH TUESDAY MORNING. >> I DON'T KNOW IF ANDREA HAD AN INTERACTION BEFORE WITH THE SUSPECT AND IT WAS A REVENGE CASE, OR THIS WAS A TOTAL RANDOM ACT. I DO KNOW THAT SHE HAD NO CHANCE. SHE WAS SLEEPING. >> Reporter: MIAMI BEACH POLICE SAY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS 53 ROLLED GREGORY GIBERT BEAT HER WITH A METAL PIPE WHILE SHE SLEPT ON THE GROUND. THERE WAS A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HER CHEST AND TWO WOODEN STICKS LODGED IN HER NOSTRILS. ONE OF THEM EXITING NEAR HER RIGHT I. >> -- EYE. >> HE FLED AND PUT THE PIPE INSIDE A GARBAGE CAN. THAT WAS A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE, BECAUSE FROM THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT IT AND GET FINGERPRINTS. WE IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT. >> Reporter: HE WAS FOUND IN MIAMI WERE POLICE SAY HE WAS WEARING BLOODSTAINED SHOES AND SHORTS. ALTHOUGH ARRESTED, HE REFUSED TO SPEAK TO DETECTIVES OR APPEAR IN BOND COURT. >> THERE IS NO CUTE WORD FOR THAT BESIDES DISGUSTING. >> Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSGENDER ADVOCACY GROUP COLOR AND RAW SAYS THIS IS YET ANOTHER ALARMING CRIME AGAINST A TRANS INDIVIDUAL. LAST YEAR AT LEAST 32 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WERE KILLED NATIONWIDE. HOWEVER, MIAMI BEACH POLICE ARE NOT LABELING THIS AS A HATE CRIME. >> EACH YEAR THE NUMBERS INCREASE. THEY NEVER DECREASE. >> I THINK THE SYSTEM LET HER DOWN. AT THIS MOMENT, I ALSO HAVE THE FEELING I LET HER DOWN. >> Reporter: AN EMOTIONAL STEPFATHER. GET THIS, THE SUSPECT WAS ACTUALLY JUST RELEASED FROM JAIL EXACTLY ONE WEEK AGO. LAST WEDNESDAY. HE WAS GIVEN FOUR YEARS FELONY PROBATION FOR CRIMES INCLUDING ARMED ROBBERY AND ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. A JUDGE HAS ORDERED HIM

Channel: NBC 6 South Florida

Views: 17,136

Keywords: transgender, brutal beating, Miami, Miami City Ballet, arrest, family, LGBTQ

Id: 9wuvmyq73qQ

Length: 3min 4sec (184 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 25 2024