I was an Army officer for a while: soldiers often dont make old bones stress, smoking, poor diet, risk in civilian life, etc. Tom Nissen was a repeat rapist who raped local girls on previous occasions. She welcomed Teena, whether as a lover or to share in economic hardship is irrelevant. He was scared of getting into trouble with Leland Tisdel, Lanas father. I am not going to say anything about Lana, because I know little about her. Several comments about obesity. Four businesses? I saw that Lana was in a bad accident where she had rolled her car and being under the influence of pills and her lawyer using her incident to advertise his services. How else could Tom and John have founded Brandon at Lisa? I'm sure it's a defense mechanism. Houser updated me on Laux's life since 1993. Wrongful death lawsuit documents claim that Teena Brandon cancelled the subsequent rape investigation appointment, because of the way Sheriff Laux was crude to her. L.L. The regular faces in Gutierres home would become, Lana, Leslie Tisdel, (Lana's sister), Philip DeVine, (Leslie's partner), Brandon and a couple of two small-time ex-convicts, known as John Lotter and Thomas Nissen. Teenas sister spoke to Tom Nissen on the phone and told him (lied) that Teena was scheduled for a sex change surgery after which, she will be just like a man. That is why that bail package (paperwork for the transfer of the money and collaterized property obligation) required a 21 year olds signature. In 2007, he recanted his original testimony and now admits he murdered the three victims with Lotter as his accomplice. YES YES YES!!!! The officer who took Brandons complaint demonstrated why. They went looking for Teena, but Lisa did not know that Teena got kicked out of Lanas and was now staying with Nissen, and when police came knocking, Tisdels told police they had no idea where Teena was. Michelle Lotter is John Lotters sister. In the crash, Bachman was driving a 2003 Ford F150. Lana has a daughter with whom she has a very close relationship and the young woman totally adores her mother. Brandon identified as a boy from early childhood . Tom Nissen may have had another victim, among local girls, who refused to press charges. Did he fondle you any? If Tom Nissens biker brother was in the same club as the biker who threatened Nissen, then his brother could protect him. PFLAG was happy to help out when I explained the idea. They all set Brandon up. According to her, Philip DeVine meets Leslie Mayfield (Lanas Half Sister) at Job Corps and comes with her to Falls City for the holidays. Nissen afraid? The case ended up on Sheriffs lap, because the rape occurred outside town, outside Falls City PD jurisdiction. Well, here we are. Lotter and Nissen had told Teena that if he told anyone what they did, they would kill him. At the same time, Tom Nissen, a thief and a sex offender out on parole, who has three kids and owns a home on Stone Street right behind the town square, he spends time ingratiating himself to Linda Gutierrez. Tom Nissen. Was this woman so booze-soaked she didnt realize these guys were evil? She let these dudes rule her OWN HOME? To this day, members of the Falls Citys Rough Crowd want John Lotter (aka the kid off the death row, and they keep insisting that they were not the only ones guilty). Leland Tisdels occupation was listed as an agriculture production worker, a field hand? Lana already knows that, so she doesnt care, but when she relates this in her Court testimony, Lana uses interesting language she is asked, what she thought about this revelation and Lanas response is really interesting she is just an outsider, who cares what she says. Shortly after the movies came out, Lana and her mother appeared on A Current Affair and The Maury Povich Show. Brandon was born December 12 , 1972, in Lincoln, Nebraska. How sad hope she recovers! Lana admitted that she even kissed Teena as a man, but this statement also indicates awareness that Teena is a woman. Sheriff Laux had destroyed his professional reputation by the way he interviewed Teena. In his naivete he may have even introduced her to the biker he knew, because Teena may have wanted to join the bikers gang. She took Lisas car and went to hang out in Falls City. In modern-day Falls Citypopulation 4,300conservatism comes in the form of mind your own business, live your own life, he told me. Or was it rebellion against local conservatism. Things are not the same.. So whats become of the hardscrabble, karaoke-loving Nebraska girl portrayed by actress Chlo Sevigny on the big screen? Teena Brandons bail was really $2,500.00 USD, but the Court took the usual 10% with the rest as collateral. The person who allegedly molested Teena (can of worms I dont want to open) allegedly 8 years older than Teena and supposedly died early from drug and alcohol fueled lifestyle. "She said she . Those are photos of the alleged rape scene posted on social media. Falls City PD were willing to arrest Nissen and Lotter for the beating that they subjected Teena after the Christmas party at Tom Nissens house, but Teena repeatedly refused to place charges. What everyone forgets is that when Tom Nissen posted $250.00 bail for Teena, he was putting 10% down and the rest was putting up Lanas house as a collateral. Also in the house was Phillip DeVine, a friend of theirs who was dating Tisdel's sister Leslie. C: Then you think he had it worked up on his own, or what? If they failed to pay, the state would auction off their house, take out the $2,500.00 and give the rest of the money to the Tisdels. So, we have Leland Tisdel, an agricultural worker living in a very small house, as we would expect. If I find those notes, I will post the link here. 80% of all American women who are physically beaten, are also raped. Lisas surviving son, Tanner, I think he blames Teena for his mothers death and he blocks any Brandon fans who try contacting him for information on social networking sites. Its interesting to hear that Lanas loyalty to Brandon wasnt steadfast. Carolyn Gage. Until next time, cheers. where anyone can say/read anything for free! Here is the interesting part: Lanas side was able to successfully stop the distribution of Boys Dont Cry in parts of Kansas and Nebraska and Kims side quickly settled for an undisclosed sum. Facebook gives people the power to. It wasnt fancy, but it was well lived in. Why? On December 31, 1993, Tom Nissen, who was accompanied by John Lotter, murdered Philip DeVine, Lisa Lambert, and Brandon Teena in Humboldt, Nebraska. In a recent interview from her L.A. office, director Peirce called it a third rape.. On December 14 Teena gets arrested and is only released on December 24. Reese Witherspoon starred in some of the 90s' most famous films, including "Man on the Moon," "Cruel Intentions," "Election," and more. Lana knew that Teena was female. Lana first saw Teena on November 23, 1993 in Nissens company at the Oasis. If call Lotter and Nissen as part of the Rough Crowd in Falls City, then Michelle Lotter, Lana Tisdels half sister, and a couple of others, were the female parts of the rough crowd, and these girls were on record visiting all the acquaintances and Lisa Lamberts distant relatives, canvassing to find out where Teena was hiding, once they found out that Teena was staying with Lisa Lambert, Linda Gutierrez told John Lotter and Tom Nissen, where Lisa Lamberts house was. Teena Brandon was running away from being the lowest rung of the underworld society. Its not clear what type of work she does or whether she and her husband are still together. C:Did he have a hard on when he got back there or what? On this day in 1993 transgender man Brandon Teena was murdered by gunshot in Humbroldt, Nebraska. C: Why do you run around with girls instead of guys being you're a girl yourself? This was a painful process in which victims sought a rational explanation for their horrendous suffering. Lana herself claims that she has TWO best friends Michelle Lotter and Leslie Mayfield (Tisdel), her half-sister. Lambert's son Tanner was in the house at the time and was unharmed. The Amateur Radio Operators Preparing for the Worst, How to Make Friends, According to Science, What I Learned About Life at My 30th College Reunion. Lana Tisdel decided to use her parents house as collateral for the rest of the bail. When my letter requesting an interview went unanswered, I called Laux's home in Dawson. Is this the way to live as a man? Nissen and Lotter find them at the hotel lobby and Lana leaves Teena in Nissens company while Lotter takes Lana home to her mother. So there wasnt a bondsman involved I take it. Brandon wanted to be accepted & loved for who he claimed to be a man. Lelands occupation is officially listed as an agricultural worker and lived in a tiny house, and yet, Leland allegedly owned three more properties around town. During a Christmas Eve party, Lotter and Nissen forced Teena to take off his clothes in order to show everyone, including Lana, his genitals. But everything started falling apart on December 19, 1993. When you speak of criminal underworld are you talking about organized crime? You risk your life every day and there are other stresses involved with that work. He introduced Teena Brandon to a biker friend of his father, this was a grown man with a felony assault conviction about a decade older than Tom Nissen. People who get brutally tortured are further traumatized by real or imagined abandonment. I think that Teena Brandon deserves some real credit there. If there was strong evidence of witness intimidation or reprisal as there was in this case, Houser explained, we would link up with Project Response and that person would be put in a safe house, given a cell phone that can only dial 911 and their personal phone would be taken away from them so their perpetrators can't track them down., A rape, he continued, especially one involving kidnapping, physical assault and death threats was as rare then as it is today. Teena and his story have been at the center of academic and public debates concerning gender and sexuality rights. But when she saw Lana Tisdel, Brandon focused exclusively on her. Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert and Phillip DeVine, at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen, is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). She told the police that she was making an arrangement to place Teena into a shelter for raped and battered women and that a shelter staff told her that they knew Tom Nissen, because they had Tom Nissens rape victims in the shelter. BIRTHDAY STAR: Actress Chloe Sevigny was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on this day in 1974. Falls City is one track minded ppl. Stress and emotional pain will make it easier to get fat and harder to lose it. Tisdel was a close friend of Teena's and was present during the events . Brandon Teena, born Teena Renae Brandon, (born December 12, 1972, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.died December 31, 1993, Humboldt, Nebraska), biologically female individual who lived his life as a male and was murdered by two former friends after they discovered his biological sex. This in itself is a traumatic event, before any set up or betrayal enters into question. Alamy Stock Photo. Required fields are marked *. In the Hollywood movie, she came off as a sympathetic character who was kind to Brandon (and she had a job). He was studying to be a tattoo artist and died around 2015. You also talked extensively about the bail situation. The fatality victim was . Sevigny is also highly recognizable from her . Everyone assumes that Teena was raped at the industrial location in the Southeastern part of Falls City. The men responsible for those lost livesJohn Lotter and Tom Nissenare still sitting on death row today. that and he can charge Nissen with felony mortgage fraud Nissen putting up property as collateral that wasnt his. The crash happened here: U75 at milepost 210.8, .20 of a mile South of 190th Rd. I hate that Im wasting my time to even reply.ignorant never to be more fitting of a human. BB: You mention suicide viz police officers. And thats what they did. Now, Leland Tisdels house. Nissen was like your average reader in all of this. The comment did not burn my eyes or convert me into a transphobe who thinks Brandon was just a confused woman. Nissen was scared by prison. Sorry BB I quit reading your dissertation once you started misgendering Brandon. By his own admission, Nissen beat and raped Teena to show her who was the boss. She is from United States. Hearing his cruelty anew, it finally occurred to me why he seems the cruelest in this cast of characters: There's something particularly perverse about a man entrusted with the duty to protect choosing instead to hurt and humiliate. Why didnt Teena stay with Lisa, helped her raise an infant, and maybe find a job pumping gas in Humboldt, NE, just a 15 minute walk from Lisas house? Teena played a different tune for Lana Tisdel - during their visit Teena is upset, listless, asking Lana to get her out of jail. Lana was one of the key witnesses in the case because of her status as Brandon's girlfriend. When his term ended, he took a job as a corrections officer at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, where Lotter sits on death row. That she was an outcast that the cool set in Falls City despised as a square meaning that she has to work two jobs to support herself? Struggle to survive. Tisdel's mother, Linda Gutierres, who died on December 2, 2003,[6] at age 54, was portrayed in the film by Jeannetta Arnette. Thanks for helping with Find a Grave! At about the same time, her sister, Leslie Tisdel, was dating Phillip DeVine, 22, of Fairfield . I hope she, too, rots in hell. Teena implores, but Lana abandons her. What aspiring mafioso or gang member, you have suggested, in Brandon goes to an area like that? What kind of a person would NOT comfort a young woman who was raped? . Also, basic law-enforcement training is an intense 16 weeks at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center in Grand Island, where the curriculum includes a viewing and discussion of the The Brandon Teena Story and staged sexual-assault and domestic-violence scenarios between straight and gay couples. Nissen knew that Teena was a girl and he let her and Lana stay at his house when Teena got kicked out of Tisdels house for stealing. Both Lana Tisdel and Tom Nissen knew that Teena was a girl before anybody else. Then they come back and she chastises them for raping Brandon and has not a clue that these guys are psychopaths? I first asked Houser if he could get me in touch with Laux, wondering whether he has any regret about the way he handled things. Tisdel has disputed claims that after the truth was revealed to her, they continued a romantic relationship, but instead she told Brandon that they could still be friends. Well, 71 IS relatively (operative word) young given that average age of death of males is approaching 85 today (and has not been been 70-odd for several decades). John Lotters sister, Michelle Lotter, wo later came out as a lesbian woman, was friends or in love with a black young man from Kansas, who was wanted on assault charges, and Linda was hiding him in her house. In addition, law enforcement in America is a ride into upper middle class. Alas, both Lanas daughter and Teena Brandons niece are both young women single mothers, and each gave their son a name fit for a king. But another figure in this horrifying story remains free. Or that the purity police will show up and hold you accountable for what you choose to read on your own time (or pat you on the head because you ran away from it)? Advertisement The sex was good, according to Tisdel, she also claimed that he stood up to pee. A few days later, on New Year's Eve 1993, Lotter and Nissen came to the Tisdel residence drunk and looking for Brandon, and threatened the Tisdel sisters. Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen.The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances. Average age of death for American police officers is 57. Watch this video to know everything about Handmaid'. They all set Brandon up. There is a really interesting research, a longitudinal study that tracked children born in 1940 and how they lived and how they died of old age. Leslie Mayfield is passionate about keeping Nissen and Lotter out of jail. Afterwards, Teena came to Tisdel's house, and Tisdel and her mother convinced him to speak to the police and go to the hospital. Rude comments will be deleted) #brandonteena #teenabrandon #boysdontcry #brandonteenastory. Teena did not want to stay with Lisa and was looking to go back to Lincoln. Tisdel found out he was transgender after his birth name was printed in the local newspaper in the arrests section. I think that the social and economic instability of the American life went global, came to UK and brought obesity with it. I struggled to define it, but I basically came to the conclusion that a transgender person is whatever they say they are.. On New Years Eve, to prevent him from ever pressing charges, they killed him and two bystanders. After Teena was assaulted at the Christmas party, she went with Lana to the lobby of a local big hotel practically across the street from Nissens house. Apparently there is Teena's prison letter to Lana, where Teena is morosely doing time, pacing the cell and doing push ups and chin ups. She was portrayed in the film by Chlo Sevigny, who was . Nissen was a convicted felon on parole. Lana Tisdel, left, the last . The police told him that revocation of bail is a court matter and that they must see the judge after the Christmas holiday. She has been married to Josh Bachman since 2001, and they are blessed with a daughter and two sons. She puts pressure on DeVine to get involved in some way and to put pressure on Teena to drop charges. A series of bad decisions were made by the guy at the top and that won't be me if something like this happens again. Brandon's story touched the lives of many, and since I . She was portrayed in the film by Chlo Sevigny, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance . 47 years (May 28, 1975)Lana Tisdel / Age. Why wouldnt they? Teena was Lanas friend, whatever that friendship was, and Lana betrayed her, by not warning her. Friends said Ms. Brandon, 21, had posed for two months as a man, using the name Brandon Teena, and had told stories of an incomplete sex-change operation or of being a hermaphrodite. Another head scratcher to your enormous knowledge about this situation is how all these intense relationships took place in just over five weeks. In 1993, he started dating an 18-year-old named Lana Tisdel. I wondered if the stain of Lauxs legacy still lingered in Falls City's Sheriff's Office, or if they'd made procedural efforts to improve their dealings with LGBT populations. Same reason that Lisa Lambert kicked Teena out of her house. Lotter & Nissan told Brandon that if he went to the police about the rape that they wound silence him permanently.