A 19-year old black woman, Oluwatoyin Salau, was sexually assaulted, reached out to law enforcement and posted about it on Twitter, only to go missing later that day. She was later found dead along with another woman she was staying with, Victoria Sims.

A 19-year-old Black Lives Matter activist whose disappearance this month led to a desperate search after she sent a series of tweets describing a sexual assault has been found dead in Tallahassee, Fla., the police said Monday.

The activist, Oluwatoyin Salau, was one of two women whose bodies were discovered in an area southeast of the city on Saturday evening, the police said. The other victim was identified as Victoria Sims, 75, an AARP volunteer who was last seen on Thursday. Officers who went to her home found that it had been burglarized and that her car was missing, the police on Tuesday as they released new details on the women’s deaths.

A 49-year-old man, identified as Aaron Glee Jr., has been charged with murder and kidnapping in connection with their deaths, the police said.

Ms. Salau was last seen on June 6, according to the police, and friends and fellow activists raised concerns about her well-being after she wrote a number of alarming posts on Twitter that day in which she described being sexually assaulted by a man who had offered her a ride and a place to stay.

Black Lives Matter activists and supporters across the United States flooded social media on Monday with pictures and videos of Ms. Salau, with many pledging to continue protesting and demonstrating in her name

For Ms. Brown, Ms. Salau’s death was another heartbreaking reminder of the need to keep advocating for justice for African-Americans.

google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/oluwatoyin-salau-dead-aaron-glee.amp.html

I don't think people took her sexual assault seriously, not even police which is all too common. She was in the street protesting for the value of black lives, only to have her own taken away shortly after.

already a thread about this
ktt2.com/are-black-men-less-vocal-about-injustices-against-black-women-68855

but yeah this is very tragic

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Edit: I thought there was a thread specifically for her already and there wasn’t my apologies

Bump

Horrible

What the f*** is going on in this country man

First “suicides” and now this. I hope people start destroying s*** again

This s***s crazy man smfh

But yes as ive mentioned in other threads this brings up a lot more problems that need to be addressed within the community. Black women have every right to be upset right now more than anyone else.

??? That’s not relevant to her situation or this thread

She reached out for help and they ignored her tragic

at this point i really wouldn’t blame black women if they sit out protesting and let us fend for ourselves tbh

Can’t be mad at it if that ended up happening either honestly.

Idk if the black man who murdered her as well as an old white woman had intentions related to white supremacy

Not that it isn't a problem but this is not the thread to have that discussion

They won’t do that and that’s what makes them so strong and brave

Heartbreaking...
R.I.P 🕊

Really speaks to how sexual assault is handled. It’s terrible

So many times I’ve heard people report things and all they can do is get a restraining order or “keep a journal” of times of harassment to build a case.

None of those things help if someone wants to kill you

Need some type of reformation in the abuse/assault/stalking laws

when I march I'm marching for black women as well. I will be marching for Salau, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, and a host of other black women. It's for all black people who have unneccessary lost their lives

I'm not sure why so many people assume we're doing it solely for men when we're being murdered as well.

So many black assault victims go unnoticed

This is so sad

This is why I don’t take people seriously when they say s*** like “they should’ve gone to the police”

RIP 🙏

My bad 🤦‍♂️

sickening.