"[8] She moved in with her grandmother at 343.5 8th Street in Jersey City, NJ in order to pursue her true identity.

"[8] On December 21, 1988, Xtravaganza was found strangled under a bed at the Fulton Hotel at 264 West 46th Street in New York.

Shooting for Paris Is Burning was ongoing, and the film's final minutes include Angie Xtravaganza reacting to her death.

Angie Xtravaganza said she felt that Venus was one to take too many chances, that she "was too wild with people in the streets", and that she feared "something [was] going to happen to [her].

Due to the active and ongoing nature of the investigation, specific details remain confidential.

[10] In Paris Is Burning, Xtravaganza describes a time she narrowly escaped an attack by a man who discovered she was transgender during an intimate encounter, and it is possible her murder occurred during a similar situation.