Prosecutors allege that 25-year-old Tremon Hill lured Dejanay Stantoninto an alley in Chicago's Bronzeville neighbourhood before shooting her in the head in August 2018 because he did not want others to know he had been involved with a trans woman. Hill denies the charge. 

Opening the case this week, Assistant State's Attorney Jennifer Cooperdescribed Stanton as a woman who was "living her life on her own terms" and "living her life as the person she wanted to be".