Transgender Man Pleads Guilty to Stabbing Death of Hiker He Claimed Was ‘What I Would Want to Look Like’
A 25-year-old man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of a 29-year-old woman found near Phoenix, Arizona. Zion Teasley, who identifies as transgender, admitted during his plea deal that he stabbed Lauren Heike 15 times on a hiking trail. In police interviews, Teasley stated that Heike was “what I would want to…