A solemn tune plays over hugs and tears at a vigil Sunday as those who knew Elise Malary came together with heavy hearts.
EVANSTON, Ill. -- "I came from Darien, Illinois, just to be here because that's how much she meant to me," said fellow friend, Jacqueline Herrod.
"It saddens us that Elise is now our ancestor," said Precious Brady Davis, a friend and fellow trans-rights advocate.Her car was then found last Tuesday in a parking lot near her apartment in Evanston., just blocks away from her home. Family and friends gathering outside of the Women and Children First Center on Chicago's North Side, which was a place where Malary's impact was most felt as she spent years advocating for transgender rights.
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