Vanessa Facen, 35
San Diego, California
November 17, 2005
Agencies: San Diego County Sheriff's Office California
Cause of death: Medical Neglect
Last updated: over 3 years ago
Overview 
Vanessa Facen, a transsexual woman, died four days after a struggle with an unknown number of deputies just after arrival at the sally port of a men's jail. Fatal Encounters apologizes for the occasional use of birth names for transgender people. Police and news media often report the birth names instead of the real names, so we have to have both in our name field to prevent duplications in the dataset. It's disrespectful, and we're sorry about the necessity.
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