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This person was missing Missing Since 01/01/2013

Missing Since:

Missing Since 01/01/2013

Missing From:

Missing From Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Classification:

Classification Endangered Missing

Gender:

Female

Race:

Race Black

Date of Birth:

Age:

Age 22 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’0, 160 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description A black Perkins work shirt, black pants and possibly a gray hooded sweatshirt.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Young is trangender; he lives as a male, but he’s biologically female. His stage name is Yung LT. His birth name was Ebony and some accounts refer to him by that name. Young has tattoos of the phrase “Lord’s Advocate” on both arms.

Details of Disappearance:

On January 1, 2013, Young disappeared from his Milwaukee home. His roommate, Billy Griffin, initially said Young left with someone in a car. But Young was never seen or heard from again.

Later, Griffin and four other men – Victor Stewart, Ashanti McAlister, Ron Joseph Allen, and Devin Lattrez Seaberry (Griffin and Stewart are cousins) – were charged with Young’s murder. Police believe it was a gang-related killing by the Black P. Stones gang. Evidence included:

* **A phone:** Young’s mother found a phone belonging to McAlister near Young’s home.
* **A car:** Stewart’s wife’s car smelled strongly of bleach after Stewart used it on the day Young disappeared.
* **Griffin’s confession:** Griffin admitted he lied about Young leaving willingly. He said the others killed Young because Young had helped burgle Griffin’s house the previous year. They wanted him back in the gang and offered him Young’s death as the price of re-entry. Griffin described how they choked, beat, and shot Young in the basement, cleaned up the scene with bleach, and dumped the body in a trash bin, setting it on fire.
* **Crime scene evidence:** Police found Young’s blood in the basement, Stewart’s fingerprints on duct tape there, and burned remains and a chain in the trash bin.

Bruce Christopher, the owner of the gun believed used in the killing, wasn’t charged with murder but with illegal gun possession. He denied involvement.

Stewart and Seaberry pleaded guilty to lesser charges and testified against the others. McAlister was sentenced to life in prison. Griffin got a lesser sentence after a plea deal. Allen was convicted of murder and also faces life in prison.

Despite searching a landfill, Young’s body was never found. The case is considered a homicide.

Agency:

Milwaukee Police Department 414-933-4444

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