LA Arrest in Trans Womans June Murder in Philly
Suspect faces extradition to Pennsylvania for Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells’ slaying
BY MATT TRACY
A man wanted by police for allegedly
murdering a Black transgender
woman in Philadelphia in June was
arrested in Los Angeles on November
9.
Akhenaton “Akh” Jones was taken into custody
by police fi ve months after the June 7
stabbing death of Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells,
27, who was found in the Schuylkill River on
June 8. Fells’ legs were subsequently found in a
trash bag in the river.
Police are planning to extradite Jones to
Pennsylvania, according to Gay City News’ sister
publication Metro Philadelphia, which noted
that Jones is expected to face charges for murder,
evidence tampering, abusing a corpse, and
other crimes.
Los Angeles police did not immediately respond
to an inquiry about the case and a police
spokesperson in Philadelphia told Gay City
News on November 12 that the department has
“no releasable information at this time.”
Fells is among 34 known transgender or
GOFUNDME
An arrest has been made fi ve months after Dominique “Rem’mie”
Fells’ body was found in the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.
gender non-conforming individuals who have
suffered a violent death this year in the United
States, and she is not the only Black transgender
woman to be killed in Philadelphia in
2020.
Mia Green, 29, was killed on September 28.
Police found her in the passenger seat of a Jeep
CRIME
Wrangler after the vehicle was pulled over for
driving through a stop sign on 41st Street and
Westminster Avenue in Philadelphia. Police escorted
the Wrangler to Penn-Presbyterian Hospital,
where Green was pronounced dead.
Abdullah Ibn Elamin Jaamia, who was driving
the vehicle, was charged with murder, obstruction,
lying to authorities, possession of
an instrument of crime with intent, tampering
with evidence, and reckless endangerment.
Earlier that same month — on September 13
— Roxanne Moore, a Black transgender woman,
was shot more than a dozen times by police
offi cers in Reading, Pennsylvania, after a call
to police took a turn for the worse. According
to local prosecutors, Moore had stolen a handgun
from an individual and waved it in the air
before pistol-whipping a man and pointing the
gun at another individual.
Moore’s family stressed the woman needed
mental health assistance rather than getting
shot 16 times. The spray of bullets put her in
critical condition, but she survived and faces
numerous criminal charges, including assault
and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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