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2021
''Sherrell Faulkner, a transgender woman from Charlotte, died in 2017 after being attacked. She was the 11th transgender woman murdered in 2017 in the U.S. Ames Simmons, director of transgender policy at Equality NC, said Faulkner’s death marked “the high point in a national crisis” around the killing of transgender people of color. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department''
''Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article used the incorrect name for the person who died. Law enforcement officials named the victim after a homicide investigation was underway but friends have said that is not the name the victim used. This article has been corrected.''
''Sherrell Faulkner, 46, was found Nov. 30 beside a Dumpster at The Plaza and 35th Street suffering from trauma. Faulkner was taken to Carolinas Medical Center, where she died on May 16 from injuries in the attack, police said.''
Nov 22 2024
‘Somebody knows something’: Leads dry up in 2016 Charlotte cold case
Channel 9′s Erika Jackson spoke with an investigator to discuss the challenges with the cold case.
The trash worker found Sherrell Faulkner at 7 a.m. and she died six months later from her injuries.
“This has been traumatizing for seven years, and I just want closure. My family needs closure,” Robyn Faulkner said.
“It happened late at night, semi-residential, semi-business, but most of the businesses are closed, so there’s not a lot of people out walking around,” Helms said. “Maybe not a lot of people with information.”
Helms explained what investigators have accomplished since taking over the case in 2023.
“We have done some other investigative work, done some cellphone analysis and things like that, but it just hasn’t led us anywhere,” he said.
In the last 18 months, he has spoken with witnesses who pointed him to others.
He said there is one critical witness who could help move the cold case file out of Room 713 and into the solved case category.''
