Justice for Dominique Rem’mie Fells and Riah Milton



Dominique Fells' remains were discovered near Schuylkill River in Southwest Philadelphia just before 7 p.m. on Monday, June 8. The 27-year-old experienced severe trauma to her head and face, and her legs had been severed.

Her family and sister, Dior Edmonds, expressed their mourning on a GoFundMe fundraiser created Friday. Dior Edmonds, Fells’ oldest sister, wrote that the family “is in utter disbelief that something like this could happen to one of our own.” The funds raised through Edmonds’s GoFundMe will cover Fells’ funeral costs.

Reporting Information Connected to the Dominique Fells Case: Members of the Homicide Unit are working diligently to find and apprehend the person or persons responsible for Dominique Rem’mie Fells’ murder. Anyone with information regarding Rem’mie’s case can contact the Philadelphia Police Department by dialing 911, calling the PPD Anonymous Tipline at (215) 686-TIPS, or sending a tip via the PPD website (phillypolice.com). Anyone who is not comfortable contacting the police can contact the Office of LGBT for facilitation.


In Ohio, Riah Milton was reported murdered after being lured to a park by three suspects — Kaleb Marshall Tooson, Tyree Jeffery Cross, and a 14-year-old girl whose identity has not been revealed due to her age — in an attempted robbery. Ohio investigators say the 25-year-old trans woman died of multiple gunshot wounds after the suspects tried to steal her car. Tooson and the minor have both since been arrested and charged. Police have issued a warrant for Cross’ arrest.

Fells and Minton were initially misgendered by police and local media outlets. Milton’s sister Ariel took to Twitter to express her disdain over the deadnaming and misgendering of Milton in death.

As Fells and Milton become the 13th and 14th trans people to be violently taken away from us this year, the epidemic of transphobic violence, especially against trans people of color, continues.

The news of Dominique and Riah's deaths emerged two weeks after Tony McDade, a Black trans man, was shot and killed by police in Tallahasse, and a week after Iyanna Dior, a Black trans woman, was filmed being viciously attacked by a mob of Black men in Minneapolis. This news also follows District Attorney Darcel Clark’s announcement that “no criminality” was found in the mysterious death of Layleen Cubilette-Polanco, a 27-year-old Afro-Latina trans woman held in a solitary confinement cell on Rikers Island, New York.



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