2 trans women were found murdered in hotels 12 miles apart in North Carolina

(WSOC/CNN/Meredith) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina are concerned about two separate killings with many similarities.

Two transgender women were shot and killed in hotel rooms a little more than 12 miles apart.

The first victim, 29-year-old Jaida Peterson, was found dead Easter morning. The second, 28-year-old Remy Fennell, was found Thursday, just 11 days later.

Police say both women were sex workers.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) spokesperson Rob Tufano said officials worry there could be someone intentionally preying on trans women.

“There is probably arguably never a more vulnerable time for [trans women] than tonight, until this person or these people, whomever it is that is responsible for these cases, is apprehended,” Tufano said.

CMPD is reaching out to LGBTQ+ community groups to help get the word out.

Now as detectives work to fill in those answers and find out who killed these women, loved ones are praying they are caught soon.

Violence against transgender people has been on the rise. The Human Rights Campaign recorded 44 deaths of transgender and gender non-conforming people last year across the country — the most since the group started tracking the violence in 2013.

The group says there have been 14 deaths so far this year.

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