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May 19, 2015

Arrest made in fatal stabbing of transgender woman

A 31-year-old male was arrested and charged with murder

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London Kiki Chanel, a transgender woman, was stabbed to death inside an abandoned home in the 2200 block of Ingersoll Street in North Philadelphia.

A transgender woman was fatally stabbed early Monday following an alleged argument with a male suspect in an abandoned home in North Philadelphia.

The victim, 21-year-old London Banks of Philadelphia, was allegedly stabbed twice in the back and once in the neck around 12:40 a.m. May 18, according to police.

Her alleged attacker, Raheam Felton, 31, also of Philadelphia, has been charged with murder and possession of weapon, specifically "an instrument of crime."

It is also unclear what sparked the alleged argument, which led to the stabbing. 


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