54-year-old Jorge Diaz-Johnston – who, along with his husband, successfully sued the Miami-Dade County Clerk’s Office for denying them marriage licenses – was found in a landfill last week. Now, authorities believe his death was the result of “foul play.”
Tallahassee detectives are investigating Johnston-Diaz’s death as a homicide, cops said. No suspects have been publicly identified in the case.
The 54-year-old’s brother is Manny Diaz, the Florida Democratic Party chair and former Miami mayor. He acknowledged his sibling’s legacy in a“My brother was such a special gift to this world whose heart and legacy will continue to live on for generations to come,” he said.Thursday, Equality Florida said members of the gay rights organization were “heartbroken” over the discovery and lauded Diaz-Johnston and his husband as “two of the brave plaintiffs” who challenged the state’s gay marriage ban.
“Jorge was a crucial part of this historic lawsuit that's one of the biggest moments of the LGBTQ civil rights movement in Florida history,” the group’s deputy director, Stratton Pollitzer, told the. “It’s incomprehensible to hear that one of our heroes has been taken from us.” When asked about a potential motive and whether any evidence pointed to a hate crime, Turner said that the investigation’s findings so far do not suggest that Johnston-Diaz’s death was linked to his history of activism, but the investigation is ongoing.
“We’re looking into all avenues of what happened so that we can bring justice to the family in this case and the victim,” she said.
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