NEED TO KNOW
- Jax Gratton, the Denver hair stylist who went missing in April, has been found dead, according to her mother
- The 34-year-old was last seen leaving her apartment on April 15
- “With a broken heart, I share the news that our beloved Jax Gratton has been found — and she is no longer with us,” Cherilynne Gratton-Camis wrote of her daughter
Jax Gratton, the 34-year-old Denver-based hairstylist who went missing in April, has been found dead, according to her mother.
Cherilynne Gratton-Camis, Jax’s mother, announced her daughter’s death in a Facebook post on Saturday, June 7.
“With a broken heart, I share the news that our beloved Jax Gratton has been found — and she is no longer with us,” she wrote.
“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,” continued Gratton-Camis.
The grieving mother added, “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 also expressed that losing her daughter, who was a trans woman, opened her eyes to the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community “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,” she wrote.
“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,” continued Gratton-Camis.
John Romero of the Lakewood Police Department (LPD) confirmed to PEOPLE that a body was found on Friday, June 6. He said, however, that the coroner has yet to share a positive identification.
Jax was last seen leaving her apartment in Denver on Tuesday, April 15, her mom previously told PEOPLE.
“I am terrified for my daughter,” Gratton-Camis said at the time.
“My fear is that somebody killed her,” she continued, then alleging that her daughter had been in abusive relationships in the past.
Friends and family told ABC affiliate KMGH-TV that Jax left her apartment at approximately 10 p.m. local time, when she told her roommate that she’d be out for about three hours — but she never came back.
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