Philidelphia police have launched an investigation into the murder of Dominique Rem’mie Fells, a transgender, African-American woman.
She was 27.Investigators pulled Fells’ body from the Schuylkill River on June 9. Her legs had been severed and her body stuffed into a suitcase.
Law enforcement officials also report that the body showed evidence of stab wounds and blunt force trauma to the head.ABC News now reports that police have issued a warrant for the arrest of an acquaintance of Fells named.