Raheem DeVanté Fennell, known as Remy or Rah Rah, was a 28-year-old Black transgender woman found shot dead in a motel room on North Tryon Street in Charlotte on April 15, 2021. Born September 19, 1992, in Newport News, Virginia, she was the eldest child of Michele Credle and Roland Fennell and had trained at Virginia School of Hair Design in 2017 with hopes of owning a salon.

Police described the death as occurring during an alleged attempted robbery. Joel Brewer was identified as a suspect and arrested on April 16, 2021, facing charges that included two counts of murder, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Raheem’s killing was noted alongside the death of another Black transgender woman, Jadae Peterson, found dead in a Charlotte motel room 11 days earlier; authorities connected the cases and charged Joel Brewer and Dontarius Long in relation to those killings.

Questions remain about the circumstances that led to Remy being at that motel and the broader pattern of violence affecting transgender women in the area; anyone with information is asked to come forward.