Slain Trans UW Student Identified as Juniper Blessing: "The Most Amazing Human Being"

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Slain Trans UW Student Identified as Juniper Blessing: “The Most Amazing Human Being”

The family of the 19-year-old atmospheric and climate science major released a statement on Thursday.

BY SAMANTHA ALLEN
May 14, 2026

The 19-year-old transgender student who was fatally stabbed in the laundry room of an off-campus housing complex near the University of Washington on Sunday night has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as Juniper Blessing.

Blessing was a recent graduate of the New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican, who obtained a statement from her family.

“Juniper was simply the most amazing human being we have ever known — highly intelligent, extremely talented, and deeply sensitive to the needs of others,” the family wrote via the Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance. “Juniper’s loss not only devastates us but diminishes the world.”

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Family of slain transgender teen from Santa Fe: Loss 'diminishes the world'