Black dogwalker receives racist threats before his house mysteriously burns down, police are searching for a black trans woman in connection with the incidents

Earlier this year, San Francisco resident and professional dogwalker Terry Williams received two packages on his doorstep with racist threats and a doll of a Sambo character with a noose around its neck, covered in racial slurs:

Some of the slurs were cryptic. "I had to Google these words," Williams said, referring to a list of archaic or obscure anti-Black language like "rastus" and "macaca." Williams said he conferred with his 82-year-old father about some of the terms, and said that his parents, longtime residents of the neighborhood, are worried. "In 2024, I didn't think they'd target me and my family."

The GoFundMe has some more details on the slurs:

"Go pick cotton blackie"

"We found you"

"Chicken a la Noose"

"Alligator bait baby"

"Target on your back"

"Pre frontal cortex atrophy"

"Genetically inferior"

"Brute"

"Ape"

"BIPOC"

Contents were similar to the first package and contained a black face doll with noose. However, this time the threats escalated. With "Terry Williams" printed across the top of the doll's head, threats included "Get out of Alamo Square District", "Pure race whites rule the globe", "We will continue to exterminate you BIPOC slaves", and images of the KKK.

Just one week later, while Terry was at City Hall meeting with officials about the threats, his house caught fire, nearly killing his elderly parents:

"They said they couldn't get to my mom. My dad was trying to get my mom out. I wasn't here. The fire happened fast and thank God for the fire department," said Williams. When Terry arrived, he tried getting to his mom who was trapped on the second floor as smoke and flames consumed the building where his family has lived for decades. "I ran past everybody. I was trying to get to my mom. I tried to run past everybody. I ran through the apartment on the first floor. I tried to push past them and fight to try to get to my mom. They kept saying we will get your mom. We will get your mom," said Williams.

I'm too lazy to dig up the Reddit threads about the incident but there were quite a few nooticers who cast doubt on the story and how cartoonishly over-the-top the racism was, positing that it might be some kind of Jussie Smollett situation. They were, of course, downmarseyd to heck but now the police have announced they're seeking a black trans woman in connection with the case who has been reported as "missing" :

On Friday, the SFPD named a suspect in the case — 67-year-old San Francisco resident Martin Chartrand — and issued a bulletin asking for the public's help to find her. Chartrand's family reported her missing Aug. 23, according to the SFPD. Authorities urged anyone who sees her to call 911 with her location and physical description.

I'm inclined to think that he wasn't a conspirator in this incident and is an actual victim, but we'll see how this pans out.