The case marks Santa Clara County’s first prosecution of transgender domestic violence homicide, the DA’s office said.

A Milpitas man has been sentenced by a jury in the 2021 murder of a transgender drag performer. He received 15 years to life ...

Elijah Cruz Segura, 26, was convicted of second degree murder last year for killing 24-year-old Natalia Smüt at a Milpitas home in April 2021. Smüt was an Afro-Rican drag queen from San Jose who ...