John Carlo Embo Lapuz

Marie Lapuz Dept: Police identified the victim of New Westminster s first homicide of the year Thursday as 26-year-old January Marie Lapuz, who legally changed her name from John Carlo Embo Lapuz in 2008, according to CTV. Police said an Asian man, around 5-5 tall, was seen running from the scene and a Vancouver support group for the transgender community is mourning the loss of one of their members after she was stabbed to death on Saturday. The stabbing death happened in the 500-block of 3rd Avenue at about 10 p.m. on Saturday and Lapuz died later in hospital. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.