Elizabeth West biography: 13 things about Cottage Grove, Oregon trans woman

Elizabeth Ballesteros West is an American citizen from Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States and formerly employed in Eugene, Oregon. She was born biologically male and her legal name is Wyona Wolf.

On social media, West calls herself a “Nazi dominatrix from Hell” who is “ready to stand up to the Black orcs and the Jewish wizards”. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1990, three black men assaulted her, which set off a personal prejudice against black people, according to her.
2. In 1993, she was arrested for inserting a shotgun into her father’s mouth and pulling the trigger but the gun did not fire.
3. From 2008 to 2016, she kept a journal that listed her coworkers next to photos of hallways and rifles. In the first page, she wrote, “Blood, death, self torture self hatred wicked thoughts of mass murder at the gloved hands of the veil mistress.”
4. In 2012, she and her then boyfriend attended neo-Nazi rallies in Washington, USA and hosted members from the rallies at their residence.
5. In 2017, her boyfriend, who had a Nazi flag, passed away, according to her.
6. On September 26, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation received a tip for her Facebook post, in which she wrote in part, “I’m too old to keep looking for jobs and I’ve had it up to here being bullied by transphobic a—–es I am left with no alternative. I’ll probably have to go out in a blaze of glory.”
7. FBI special agents interviewed her on September 28, 2023 and October 13, 2023. She told them she was “projecting her suicidal thoughts” on a Facebook page titled “trans-women”.
8. On November 30, 2023, she posted on social media a photo of George S. Patton with a caption, “We defeated the wrong enemy”.
9. On December 2, 2023, she posted on social media a photo of two handguns on a blanket with a caption, “I actually have two favorites that I switch around regularly, one is a G 20 in 10 mm and the other s G41 N 45 auto”. On December 3, 2023, she reposted on social media livestreamed footage of two consecutive mass shootings on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15, 2019.
10. On December 5, 2023, she uploaded on social media a photo of a shotgun, two assault rifles and two handguns and commented, “don’t forget white women.” 
11. On December 7, 2023, she posted a photo of a Nazi flag with a caption, “Your time will come”. She made a plan to check herself into a hospital on December 21, 2023 but she failed to do so.
12. On January 9, 2024, FBI agents executed a search warrant of her residence and vehicle and recovered 16 rifles, 11 handguns, a pistol, tens of thousand of ammunition and firearm accessories.
13. On January 12, 2024, U.S. Magistrate Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai signed a criminal complaint an FBI special agent filed against her and FBI agents arrested her without incident at her workplace in Eugene. She was 56 when a federal grand jury returned indictment on January 18, 2024 charging her with transmitting an interstate threat.