Philadelphia Daily News, PA, USA


Fri, Jul. 3, 2009

Body found in Fairmount Park is identified

By DAVID GAMBACORTA
Philadelphia Daily News

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The body that a jogger discovered Wednesday in Fairmount Park was
identified yesterday as Christopher Jermaine Scott.

Now detectives are trying to figure out how Scott, 36, a transvestite
prostitute, got there.

Homicide Lt. Philip Riehl said it was possible that someone killed
Scott elsewhere and then dumped his body near a jogging trail on
Chamounix Drive near Ford Road.

"No ballistics evidence was found at the scene," Riehl said, noting
that Scott had been fatally shot in the face and torso.

"It looks like someone might have just pushed him out of a car and
left him there," he added.

Scott was clad in a blond wig and pink clothing when a jogger saw his
lifeless body shortly after 6:30 a.m., Riehl said.

"We're not sure if he met someone for a date, and things just went
wrong from there," he said.

Scott had a criminal history that included 19 arrests and several
convictions for prostitution and criminal solicitation, according to
court records.

He used several aliases, including Jermaine Grasty, Steven Williams
and Scott C. Jermaine, records show.

He had 25 known addresses, Riehl said.


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