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Family Of Transgender Woman Killed In 2020 Remembers Daughter After Murderer Convicted: "Dominque's Life Mattered"
The 27-year-old's death ignited protests, bringing national focus to the violence LGBTQ+ community members face.
June 17, 2025
A man was convicted of first-degree murder in the deadly slaying and dismembering of 27-year-old Dominique Rem'mie Fells, a transgender woman in Philadelphia, back in 2020, the district attorney's office announced Monday.
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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Akhenaton Jones was also convicted of abuse of a corpse and possession of an instrument of crime by a jury on June 9, in connection with Fells' killing. The conviction date was almost exactly five years after Fells' dismembered body was found floating in the Schuylkill River.
"Today our family gets back their time. Time to heal. Time to grow beyond this experience. Time to learn how to live again," said Terri Fells-Edmonds, Dominique Rem'mie Fells' mother.
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