Dallas Man Sentenced to 48 Years in Prison for Transgender Woman's Murder

Kendrell Lyles has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for the murder of Muhlaysia Booker, a transgender woman in Dallas. Lyles pleaded guilty to the murder, which occurred about a month after Booker was beaten in a separate attack. Lyles is also charged with two other murder counts. The sentencing comes amid a rise in reported assaults against the LGBTQ community, with at least 25 transgender and gender non-conforming people killed so far in 2023. Booker's mother expressed some sense of closure, while the motive for the slaying remains unknown.