Cross-Dresser Arrested in Omni Hotel Murder: Police
The suspect is known locally as a male prostitute, authorities say
By KELLY BAYLISS and DAN STAMM
Updated 8:36 AM EDT, Fri, Nov 5, 2010
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Cross-Dresser-Arrested-in-Omni-Hotel-Murder-Police-106710399.htmlPolice have arrested a 22-year-old cross-dresser for the murder of a Chester County man who was found dead by firefighters inside a burning Old City hotel room last Saturday.
Police say that Herman Burton, a man who dresses as a woman, allegedly entered 49-year-old Patrick Brady's room at the Omni Hotel between Friday night and Saturday morning, robbed, beat and strangled him, then set his room on fire to cover up the crime.
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Police: Transgender Prostitute Nabbed In Omni Hotel Murder-Arson
November 4, 2010 11:20 PM
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2010/11/04/prostitute-arrested-in-omni-hotel-murder/PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police have made an arrest in the murder of a Thorndale, Pa. man whose body was discovered after a fire at a posh Old City Philadelphia hotel.
Authorities say a transgender prostitute, Herman Burton, who has an extensive criminal history, was arrested in connection to the death of 49-year-old Patrick Brady.
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Transgender prostitute charged in strangling
By Allison Steele and Troy Graham
Inquirer Staff Writers
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20101105_Transgender_prostitute_charged_in_strangling.htmlPolice have arrested a 22-year-old transgender prostitute in the killing of Patrick Michael Brady, the Chester County man who was strangled last weekend in his Old City hotel room.
Brady had checked into the Omni Hotel at Fourth and Chestnut Streets on Friday night. In the early hours of Saturday morning, Brady, 49, let 22-year-old Herman Burton, who police said dresses and identifies as a woman, into his eighth-floor room.
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Rap sheet indicates suspect has a violent streak
By JAN RANSOM & CHRISTINE OLLEY
Philadelphia Daily News
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20101105_Rap_sheet_indicates_suspect_has_a_violent_streak.htmlNeighbors said the transgender prostitute charged yesterday in the murder of a Chester County man in an upscale Old City hotel room had a violent streak.
"He wasn't a good person," a neighbor who declined to give his name said of the suspect identified by police as Herman Burton, 22, of Southwest Philadelphia. "He was no good to the public. Some people are just born to be quick-tempered. Every little thing got him angry and out of control."
