Missing trans woman Jax Gratton found dead aged 34

Jax Gratton, a transgender woman from Colorado who was missing for months, has been found dead at the age of 34, her mother has confirmed.

Jax Gratton, who was a hairstylist based in Denver, Colorado, went missing in April this year, and has been found dead aged 34, according to her mother, Cherilynne Gratton-Camis.

Gratton-Camis confirmed the tragic news in a Facebook post on 7 June remembering her daughter Jax, who identified as a trans woman.

“With a broken heart, I share the news that our beloved Jax Gratton has been found — and she is no longer with us. There are no words strong enough for the grief we are feeling.

“The light she carried, the love she gave so freely, and the joy she brought into our lives have been taken from this world far too soon,” she wrote above a picture of a mural of Jax.

“I want to thank everyone — near and far — who has shown up for us. Everyone who shared her story. Everyone who shared her face. Everyone who sent out a prayer, a hope, a kind thought. Everyone who hit the ground running and hasn’t stopped.”

Gratton-Camis continued: “This has opened my eyes in ways I can’t ignore. It’s not just about Jax — it’s about all of you in the LGBTQIA+ community who face the world every day with courage, just wanting to live, love, and exist safely and equally. That should never be a fight. And yet it is.

“Jax Gratton was a light — I know that. She lit up so many lives just by being herself. Unapologetically. Fiercely. Fully. I see her in every act of love and strength you’ve shown, and I wish peace, love, and protection for all of you.”

According to PEOPLE, John Romero the Lakewood Police Department confirmed that a body was found on Friday, 6 June – but identification had yet to be made official by a coroner. Despite this, Gratton-Camis believed the body to be her daughter’s.

At the time of her disappearance, Jax’s mother told PEOPLE that her “fear is that somebody killed her,” alleging that Jax had been in abusive relationships in the past.

Jax reportedly left her apartment in Denver on 15 April, and never returned.