CBS3 Philadelphia.Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells – Photo: Human Rights Campaign.Police are waiting for Jones to be extradited to Philadelphia, where he will face charges for his role in Fells’ death.This year, at least 34 transgender individuals, mostly trans women of color, have been killed in the United States in 2020 thus far — a record number since people began keeping track of anti-transgender murders.
At least seven transgender women have been killed in high-profile murders in Philadelphia over the past seven years.Fells’ friend, Kendall Stephens, told Philadelphia ABC affiliate WPVI that Fells had been going through a transitional period, “trying to put some distance between an old life and a new one” when she was killed.“We were always.