Different stories
Gaby Vidana-Pereyra Police say trans woman ‘went crazy’ before committing ‘cold-blooded murder’ DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com When Gaby Vidana-Pereyra accepted a plea deal in the May 19, 2021, murder of Victor Suarez, those who attended the hearing to support the Dallas trans woman still had questions about what happened.
Vidana-Pereyra told friends she shot Suarez in self-defense. But had she stuck to that story in court, it would have been illegal under Texas law for Judge Brandon Birmingham to accept the plea deal.
He would have been required to order the case go to trial. But the defendant agreed to the terms of the plea deal and, as part of that arrangement, forfeited the right to an appeal as well as the right to claim self-defense.
With no evidence presented in court, her family and friends were left frustrated. Documents received by Dallas Voice through a Freedom of Information Act request and retrieved evidence provided some answers.
