Two Men Charged With Murder in Deaths of North Carolina Trans Women
Jaida Peterson (pictured) and Remy Fennell were shot to death less than two weeks apart in Charlotte. April 16 2021 5:07 PM EDT
Police arrested two men Friday in the deaths of two transgender women killed less than two weeks apart in Charlotte, N.C.
Both women were killed in hotels. Jaida Peterson, a 29-year-old Black trans woman, was shot to death April 4 in a room at the Quality Inn on the west side of Charlotte,
The Charlotte Observer reports. Police have ruled her death a homicide. Another Black trans woman, Remy Fennell, 28, was found fatally shot Thursday at the Sleep Inn. They are at least the 14th and 15th trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming people to die by violence in the U.S. this year.
Wilmington District Attorney Ben David has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after a Wilmington visit with Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Chief Johhny Jennings, Judge Elizabeth Trosch and Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather. (Port City Daily/Mark Darrough)
The story below is courtesy of Port City Daily’s media partnership with WECT, written by anchor Frances Weller. The video can be viewed on WECT’s website
as well.
WILMINGTON District Attorney Ben David said he has tested positive for COVID-19 following a meeting last week with a group from Charlotte here on a “site visit.”
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings, Judge Elizabeth Trosch and Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather flew to Wilmington last Wednesday for a meeting hosted by David on youth violence and childhood trauma.