HENRY ("Shelley") HILLIARD - 19 yo (Transgender) - Detroit MI

Detroit Police investigators are searching for a missing transgender teen who has been missing for two weeks.
Henry Hilliard, Jr., 19, also known as Shelley or Treasure, was last seen at
1:20 a.m. Oct. 23 in the 900 block Longfellow wearing a silver dress,
according to request for help issued by the Detroit Police Monday.


A cab driver that Hilliard often used for rides dropped Hilliard
off at a home where three men were waiting for him, his mother, Lyniece Nelson, said today.

But Hilliard immediately called the driver back, voicing concern about the situation, Nelson said.

"He started to hear her say, 'what are you doing,' then scream
out loud 'no,' then her phone dropped, a few muffling noises, then the
phone went dead," Nelson said. "By the time he got back around the
corner, there was no one in sight."

Henry, who models and does hair, hasn't contacted family members
or posted on Facebook, both which typically happen every day, Nelson said.

Henry has a piercing on the left eyebrow and several tattoos
including a design of cherries on his upper right arm, according to police.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detroit Police at 313-596-2200 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-SPEAKUP.
http://www.freep.com/article/20111108/NEWS01/111108011/Detroit-police-search-teen-missing-2-weeks?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs

In case you are confused, as I was initially....
Henry is a cross-dresser.

Last Updated: November 10. 2011 2:47PM

Torso found in Detroit identified as missing transgender teen

Detroit— The Wayne County Medical Examiner's office has
confirmed the death of 19-year-old Shelley Hilliard, a transgender teen
also known as Treasure, after her mother identified her torso this morning.
The teen, who was born Henry Hilliard, went missing in
the early hours of Oct. 23 and was last seen on the 900 block of
Longfellow on Detroit's west side.
The Medical Examiner's office
received her torso later on Oct. 23, and Lyniece Nelson, Hilliard's
mother, identified her this morning.
Nelson said she had no idea who might've done this.
"She was loved by a lot people, a lot of friends a lot of family," Nelson said.
"She just brought joy to everyone that she came in contact with. She was
always there for her family."

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111110/METRO01/111100495/Torso-found-in-Detroit-identified-as-missing-transgender-teen#ixzz1dLGwVnXV

This is the spooky part...
tor·so (tôrs)n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si (-s) The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary

If Hank still had his crank (pardon that) and got hot and heavy with some dude in MoTown and the dude got the surprise of his life when going for the goodies would he have been so disgusted as to eradicate Hank?
These things have happened before. See the movie, Boys Don't Cry with Hillary Swank.
No wonder the torso sat in the cooler for a few weeks. There was no way of ID'ing it because it was just that...a torso. Spooky...no?

You're probably right Tom. However, from the picture, he certainly looks like a guy to me.

The Wayne County medical examiner has identified a burned torso found
on an I-94 service road on Detroit's east side as belonging to Henry
Hilliard, 19, a missing teen known as Michelle, Shelley or Treasure.
Hilliard
was last seen at 1:20 a.m. Oct. 23, near the 900 block of Longfellow,
wearing a silver dress. Hilliard's mother, Lyniece Nelson, said Hilliard
went there to meet a man, and was calling for help when the line went
dead. On Wednesday, investigator Albert Samuels matched the torso to
Hilliard based on information Detroit police supplied about a tattoo of
cherries on the teen's arm, said county spokesman Dennis Niemiec. He
said Nelson identified her child's remains Thursday.
"Just
continue to look over your shoulder for the rest of your life," Nelson
said Thursday, to whoever harmed Hilliard. "Know that she is loved, and
we will not stop until you pay dearly for what you've done."
Equality
Michigan, a gay rights group, said it referred the case to the FBI to
investigate as a hate crime because Michigan's ethnic intimidation law
does not specifically address attacks based on sexual preference.
Detroit Police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens said homicide detectives
are investigating.
"There are a lot of classic signs of a hate crime," said Michigan Equality Director of Victim Services Nusrat Ventimiglia.
Friends
have posted remembrances on the Facebook page of the Ruth Ellis Center,
an agency that provides social services for gay teens. Concerned
friends and advocates had been looking for Hilliard for two weeks and
apparently some knew where she was and what she was doing.
The cause of death is pending discovery of the rest of Hilliard's body, Niemiec said.
But
investigators were able to make the match thanks to a change in Detroit
Police policy following a Free Press article about a man who lay dead
in the morgue for two months while his family looked for him.
After
that article was published, the department began sending detailed
information about missing people to the medical examiner's office. A
description of Hilliard, including details of the tattoo, was sent on
Monday. The match was made within 24 hours.
http://www.freep.com/article/20111111/NEWS01/111110361/Wayne-County-medical-examiner-confirms-torso-missing-transgender-youth?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE

The mother of a transgender teen found dismembered in Detroit said
she is mourning her child's death and waiting for answers as police
continue their investigation.
Lyniece Nelson described the
19-year-old -- whose given name, she said, is Henry Hilliard Jr., but
who went by the name Shelly Moore -- as a loving and caring person.
On
Friday, Hilliard will be recognized during a Detroit event that will be
held in observance of the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The
event is scheduled to be held 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Central United
Methodist Church, on the corner of Woodward and Adams in Detroit.
"It's
our way of paying respect to our sisters and our brothers who died just
because they're transgender," said Rachel Crandall, 52, who heads
Ferndale-based Transgender Michigan.
Police would say only that Hilliard's death is being investigated by the homicide section.
A
burned torso found on an I-94 service drive on the city's east side was
identified Thursday by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office as
being Hilliard, who was last seen in the early morning hours Oct. 23.
Nelson
previously told the Free Press that a cab driver dropped Hilliard off
at a home where three men were waiting, but the teen was concerned and
called the driver back.
Before the phone went dead, the driver
reportedly said he heard Hilliard scream, but when he drove back around
the corner, no one was there, Nelson said.
"She was just full of
life," Nelson said, remembering her child, who has one brother and seven
sisters. "She loved her family, and she was well-loved by everybody."
Hilliard, Nelson said, was happy, determined and independent.
"She was happy with who she was," Nelson said.
http://www.freep.com/article/20111112/NEWS01/111120374/Mom-waits-answers-transgender-teen-s-death?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s