Men arrested, charged in murder of two trans women in Charlotte, NC
The bodies of Jaida Peterson and Remy Fennell were found shot dead in hotel rooms less than two weeks apart of one another
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Two men suspected in the slayings of two Black transgender women days apart in Charlotte, North Carolina were arrested Friday, according to law enforcement.
The bodies of
Jaida Peterson and
Remy Fennell were found in hotel rooms earlier this month. The circumstances behind their fatal shootings prompted the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department to deliver an “urgent” message to the LGBTQ community, particularly those engaged in sex work,
2 transgender women killed in shootings at separate Charlotte hotels
Authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the killings of two transgender women in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dontarius Long, 21, and Joel Brewer, 33, were charged in the deaths of Jaida Peterson, 29, and Remy Fennell, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said at a news conference on Friday.
Peterson, 29, was found dead by police in a hotel room in West Charlotte on Easter Sunday. On Thursday morning, Fennell was found dead in a hotel room in another part of the city, Lt. Brian Crum said. Both women were sex workers, police said.
Crum said each suspect is charged with two counts of murder, two counts of firearm by felon, one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.
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2 men charged with the murder of 2 transgender women
The bodies of both women were found in two separate hotel rooms in Charlotte
Jaida Peterson and
Johnny Jennings said at a news conference on Friday, according to
Police found the body of Peterson, 29, in a hotel room in West Charlotte on Easter Sunday, and the body of Fennell in a hotel room in another part of the city on Thursday, said
Lt. Brian Crum. Both women were believed by the police to have been sex workers.
Jaida Peterson (
WSOC)
Crum said each suspect was charged with two counts of murder, one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, as reported by
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