Suspect in 2018 murder of trans woman on trial for capital murder
Jimmy Eugene Johnson III, left, is on trial this week on charges of capital murder in connection with the May 2018 strangulation death of transgender woman Carla Flores-Pavon.
Jurors are expected to begin deliberations sometime today (Thursday, Aug. 18) in the trial of Jimmy Eugene Johnson III, 28, who is facing a charge of capital murder in connection with the May, 2018, strangulation death of transgender woman Carla Flores-Pavon, also known as Carla Patricia Jones.
Flores-Pavon was found in critical condition in her North Dallas apartment on May 9, 2018. She was taken to a hospital where she later died.
Johnson was arrested eight days later, on May 17, after being stopped on a traffic violation near Huntsville. He was arrested and charged in Flores-Pavon’s death after officers found items belonging to the dead woman in his car.
