Fendi Mon'ezah Armstrong ("Peaches")
Age 3912 Nov 2020
Lithonia, Georgia (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/12-Nov-2020/Fendi Mon'ezah Armstrong 'Peaches'
Fendi was found dead from a gunshot wound in a motel room.
On November 12, 2020 the body of Fendi Mon’ezah Armstrong was discovered in a motel room near Lithonia, Georgia. Fendi was a 39-year-old Black trans woman. She was deceased when police arrived. Police have not yet released any information. Here’s a link to the initial reporting. Please note that it does misgender and deadname Fendi.
DeKalb County police are investigating after a [individual] was shot and killed inside a motel room Wednesday night.
Armstrong, 39, was discovered in a room at the Knights Inn on Panola Road, according to police. [S]he was dead at the scene.
A police spokeswoman said Thursday detectives are still looking into the circumstances surrounding the shooting. No information about a possible motive or suspects was released.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, she recently lived in Charlotte, North Carolina before relocating to Decatur, Georgia. A self-described aspiring motivational heath and beauty advisor, she was known as Peaches.
It is stunning to realize that police have turned up nothing in such a long period of time, but at this point all we know is that Fendi was found shot dead. There’s no indication from authorities that her gunshot wound was self-inflicted so the natural conclusion is someone else shot her. I’m not sure why her story isn’t more robustly explored, but I will try to find out. She was laid to rest. She is missed.
Rest in power, Peaches. You deserved a long lifetime to pursue your aspirations and be with your loved ones. May your memory by a revolution. May the person who robbed you of your life be found and held accountable. May we continue to say her name.
In August 2023 Deontavious Brewer was found guilty of felony murder, involuntary manslaughter, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and two counts of aggravated assault. The following month he was sentenced to life for the felony murder charge, 20 years for the aggravated assault to serve concurrently, and 5 years for the possession of a firearm to serve consecutively.
Peaches' Facebook and Instagram profiles are https://www.facebook.com/fendi.rain and https://www.instagram.com/panamanianpeach35/.
https://www.advocate.com/crime/murderer-trans-woman-convicted
https://rollingout.com/2023/09/07/20-landed-this/
https://ocgnews.com/lithonia-man-sentenced-to-life-in-murder-of-transgender-woman-at-motel/
https://themessenger.com/news/trans-woman-murdered-after-refusing-to-give-friend-20-prosecutors
https://www.facebook.com/Everytown/posts/3083853035048835
https://www.facebook.com/aleisha.willhavethelastlaughknwdat/posts/3816207528389864
https://gunmemorial.org/2020/11/11/fendi-monezah-armstrong
https://twitter.com/MomsDemand/status/1335003954741174286
