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PHILADELPHIA POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF A
BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMAN.
SHE WAS FOUND IN THE
SCHUYLKILL RIVER EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
AS OUR TRANG DO TELLS US HER
DEATH IS PART OF A DISTURBING
TREND.
MY FIRST THOUGHT TO BE NOT
AGAIN MEANS THAT THIS IS
HAPPENING WAY TOO MUCH.
Reporter: ANGER AND
SADNESS FROM MANY IN
PHILADELPHIA'S LGBT COMMUNITY
AS THEY MOURN THE VIOLENT
MURDER OF DOMINIQUE REMI
FELLS.
FELL'S DISMEMBERED BODY WAS
DISCOVERED IN THE SCHUYLKILL
RIVER MONDAY EVENING BUT SHE
WAS NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED
UNTIL THURSDAY.
TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST DEJA
DIDN'T KNOW HER.
WHETHER YOU 94 HER
PERSONALLY OR NOT THERE'S A
SISTER SHIP A-KINSHIP S WHAT
AFFECTS ONE OF US AFFECTS ALL
OF US.
Reporter: A GOFUNDME
ACCOUNT STARTED BY FELLS
FAMILY HAS FAR AND BEYOND
EXCEEDED ITS $1,000 GOAL.
THE CITY OFFICE OF LGBT
AFFAIRS RELEASED A STATEMENT
ON FELLS KILLING WHICH READS
IN PART THE MURDER OF
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ESPECIALLY
THOSE OF COLOR IS TRULY AN
EPIDEMIC AN CRISIS THAT WE
CANNOT A AFFORD TO ALLOW TO
PERSIST ANY FURTHER.
IT'S ALMOST NUMBING AND
THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE EVERY
TIME WE TURN AROUND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY GRAPHIC
AND THAT'S VERY INHUMANE AND
IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT
BLACK LIVES MATTER, ALL BLACK
LIVES MATTER AND THERE SHOULD
BE JUSTICE FOR THIS YOUNG
LADY.
Reporter: AS POLICE
SEARCH FOR FELL KILLER
ADVOCATES SAY IT'S PART OF A
LARGER ISSUE THAT PHILADELPHIA
MUST WORK TO FIX.
THE LACK OF ACCESS TO JOBS
RESOURCES AND SECURE HOUSING
FOR MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.
DOMINIQUE'S DEATH COULD
HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THERE
WERE ADEQUATE SUPPORT, IF
THERE WAS ADEQUATE RESOURCES,
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT HER
DEATH, LIKE MANY OTHERS, COULD
BE PREVENTED.
Reporter: POLICE HAVE NOT
RELEASED ANY FURTHER DETAILS
ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.
IN THE MEANTIME, A VIRTUAL
COMMUNITY GRIEF SESSION IS IN
THE WORKS.
