2018 Murder of transgender black woman in South Carolina remains unresolved: what we have learned

Charlotte, NC (WBTV) – Easter Sunday in 2018 is a day Olivia Chambers remembers like yesterday.

She was in the church when she received the heartbreaking news: her only child had been shot.

That morning the 29-year-old Sasha Wall was found dead on the driver's seat of her parked car in a rural area in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. She had been shot up close several times. Your murderer was never found.

“Sasha was my only child,” said Chambers. “I just want to close.”

The investigators of the Sheriff Office of the Chesterfield County hope that their so-called war space and a whole room, which is dedicated to the case of Sasha Wall-helps to uncover new leads.

WBTV: True Crime Carolinas has an exclusive view of the room when we spoke to investigators and one to one with Sasha Wall's mother.

Who was Sasha Wall?

“We just can't find out why someone wants to commit suicide,” said captain Daniel Scott from the Sheriff office of the Chesterfield County.

Captain Scott scored Wall when someone killed South Carolina, South Carolina six months before she was killed. Scott said the two incidents were not related, but he got to know the wall well during this time.

“They were very sociable, pronounced, happy, excited about life,” said Scott. “You are known to everyone.”

Wall, a black transgender woman, was born as Wendell Paul Price Jr., according to her mother. When she was 18, she started going to Sasha Wall. Until then, her mother didn't know that she was transgender.

“I just had to sit [her] down and … [she] Finally told me … I had accepted it, “said Chambers.” I still loved it [her]. “”

According to Chambers, the Wall was friendly, loved to spend time with the family, and was always ready to help everyone who needed it.

“I've always asked [Sasha] If someone bothered her and she “said no”, said Chambers.

Chambers last saw her daughter the day before her murder.

“Love your children as long as they are [here]Because when they are gone, they will really miss them, ”said Chambers.

The wall found dead on Easter morning

“I called her before I went to church, but I could never get an answer,” said Wall's mother.

In the early morning on April 1, 2018, Sasha Wall was shot in her car in Sandy Plains Road in Chesterfield County. Your car was still running, all the doors were closed and the car was stopped 50 feet by a stop sign.

Captain Scott said witnesses reported that they had driven on the stop car and later called the police after driving on it a second time.

It is still unclear when the wall was shot. The autopsy report explained that their death is between 6:15 a.m. and 8:20 a.m.

Her mother learned a short time later when she was at the Easter Sunday service.

“It was just a shock,” said Chambers. “I think she tried to get to me and couldn't come to me.”

The investigators do not know why Wall was outside so early in the morning or whether her murderer was in the car with her or drove next to her.

The investigators believe that Wall knew their murderer. Even two important evidence have not yet been found: the murder weapon and Wall's mobile phone.

“Most of the missing puzzle is your phone. That would tell us a lot,” said Sergeant Brittany Robinson from the Sheriff of the Chesterfield County.

The investigators say that Wall was always on their phone, so it is unlikely that she left her somewhere – which means that the killer must have taken it out of her car.

Motif for killing still unclear

“It's a very complex case,” says Robinson. “The puzzle has many parts.”

The Sheriff of the Chesterfield County office has an entire room in which Sasha's murder examination is dedicated. They call it the war space.

The walls in the war area are filled with information about the wall. Where she went, with whom she spoke and possible people of interest are wrapped in the room.

Every detail from the day before the murder up to a week afterwards was handled on construction paper and glued to the wall.

“Sasha lived a very sociable life, so she had many friends, many acquaintances, many relationships. So there are many people in this game,” Sgt said.

Many new details have emerged from the war space, but captain Scott and Sgt. Robinson could not provide any specific details, since the examination has not yet been completed.

“We are going in the right direction,” said captain Scott. “I think this case is solved. It's just a matter of time.”

According to Scott, the largest roadblocks to solve this case, why Wall was murdered, how it happened and when it happened.

“If you look at the motif, it could be for jealousy, it could be domestic that it could be control that it could be sexual, it could be financially,” said Scott.

Sgt. Robinson said that the murder could also be bound to the gender identity of the wall.

Sasha's mother said whoever did her only child to be an “evil person”.

“If you see me, don't look me in the eye,” said Chambers when she was asked what she would say about Wall's murderer. “This person probably ate out of my table.”

Was it a hate crime?

According to the human rights campaign, at least 226 black transgender women have been killed since 2013.

Although Sgt. Robinson says she doesn't think Wall's murder was a hate crime, the possibility is not excluded.

South Carolina has no hate crime law, so one of these charges would have to be submitted by the FBI. The FBI supported the first examination in 2018.

South Carolina and Wyoming are the only two countries in the nation without the state hate crime law. Legislators in South Carolina have repeatedly tried to adopt a hate criminal bill in the past decade.

The “Senator Clementa C. Pickney Hate Crimes Act” (H.3039/p.247) would enable a judge to add up to a criminal offense for five years if the state condemns it for violence that is motivated by breed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or physical or intellectual disability. The perpetrator would also receive a fine of up to 10,000 US dollars.

The General Assembly in South Carolina ended its legislative meeting on May 8, without saying any laws to protect against hate crimes.

New developments in the case

According to the sheriff office of the Sheriff Chesterfield, the evidence of forensic tests has been set again. They could not tell what these evidence was, but they said they hoped that it could lead to new developments in the case.

While you are waiting for the results, the investigators hope that public relations work will encourage someone to promote someone.

“Nobody gets in touch and draws us aware that they know something about this incident,” said Captain Scott. “We need all the help we can from the public.”

“Everything you have heard, big or small will help,” says SGT. Said Robinson.

There is a reward of 1,000 US dollars for all information that leads to an arrest at Sasha Wall's killing. If you have information, call the Sheriff of the Chesterfield County under 843-623-2101.

“What if that were your family, how would you feel?” Capt. Scott said. “You would like to have a closure, so please, the same for the Chambers family.”

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