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Murder conviction
On July 27th, 2004, Sylvia Boots was convicted of second-degree murder for the accidental shooting of Laura Banuelos ("Crystal"). The shooting occurred outside West Hollywood's "Yukon Mining Restaurant".
Boots, who was a featured performer at the West Hollywood transgendered "Club 7969", formerly known as "Peanuts," Laura Banuelos was accidentally shot once in the chest. The shooting occurred as a result of a 3 party gang attack on Sylvia Boots. Six months earlier Sylvia Boots had been shot in the head allegedly by Tanya Amador's then boyfriend. Tanya Amador was jealous of Sylvia Boots' status in the community. Sylvia Boots is currently serving a 45-Life sentence in Vacaville, CA. Her sentence is being appealed as of January 2007.
Tanya Amador died of silicon poisoning in a Northridge Hospital on December 11, 2005 and was a suspect in the earlier shooting of Sylvia Boots.
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