Community activist Kirsten Brydum of San Francisco was found dead on a sidewalk in New Orleans with a gunshot wound to the head on the morning of Saturday, September 27, 2008. She was last seen leaving a bar the night before. Her body was found in the 9th Ward by people who were there to clean out a house that had been damaged by Hurricane Katrina.KTVU.com: Bay Area Activist Found Slain In New Orleans (October 3, 2008)