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Questions stay virtually 2 years after in style San Francisco drag queen Heklina's demise

By Miles Cooper
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February 8, 2025
Questions stay virtually 2 years after in style San Francisco drag queen Heklina's demise
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Questions stay virtually 2 years after in style San Francisco drag queen Heklina's demise

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — It’s been almost two years since San Francisco drag queen Heklina was discovered lifeless in a London condo. Police mentioned there was no foul play, however her associates are actually talking out about their frustrations with an absence of solutions.

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When KRON4 Information first spoke to Joshua Grannell in Might of 2023, he was planning an enormous celebration of life for his good friend Heklina.

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Grannell, whose stage identify is Peaches Christ, was in London with Heklina on the point of premiere their present “Mommie Queerest” on the Soho Theatre when he found his good friend and co-star lifeless of their London condo.

It’s been almost two years and Grannell mentioned the dearth of transparency from police has reached its breaking level.

“Landed again in San Francisco and would attain out to them for updates,” said Grannell. “We’d be ignored fairly frankly. The emails would simply go unanswered and if we did get a response, it might be simply virtually nothing.”

Weeks after the demise, Grannell mentioned he was advised by the Metropolitan Police in London that there was no foul play suspected however has but to obtain an official explanation for demise. He mentioned it wasn’t till an investigative reporter from The Guardian reached out to police that video proof was launched of three males leaving Heklina’s condo April 3, 2023.

“For us to obtain information virtually two years later that they’ve identified that three males have been in that condo hours earlier than I discovered her lifeless is chilling and terrifying and past upsetting,” mentioned Grannell.

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Grannell believes homophobia is the possible purpose why Scotland Yard hasn’t taken Heklina’s case significantly and mentioned he has heard of comparable experiences from LGBTQ+ associates within the U.Ok. He mentioned solutions solely appear to come back from police after they study concerning the fan following of Heklina and Peaches.

“I didn’t know that there was this wealthy horrible historical past of institutional homophobia inside this police power,” mentioned Grannell.

He mentioned he is spent two years at midnight and simply desires solutions and transparency from police as a result of that’s what Heklina’s household, associates and followers have been ready for.

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“When folks repeatedly come to me and say, ‘simply inform me how did she actually die?’ and I say, ‘I don’t know,’ they don’t imagine me, and it’s been terrible,” mentioned Grannell.

Grannell is hoping that native and state politicians will put stress on the U.S. Embassy in London to ask for solutions from police about what occurred to Heklina.

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