Coincidence two Judges have been murdered in the past few weeks – PB/TK
First female Muslim judge in US found dead in New York’s Hudson River – Madeleine Sheehan Perkins April 13 2017
The first female Muslim judge to be appointed in the US was found dead in the Hudson River on Wednesday afternoon, according to a New York Post report.
Witnesses called 911 when they found 65-year-old Sheila Abdus-Salaam’s fully clothed body in the river near 132nd Street and Hudson Parkway, the police said.
According to the Post, the associate judge on New York’s highest court had been reported missing earlier in the day.
Citing unnamed police sources, the Post said Abdus-Salaam’s body showed no signs of foul-play injuries or trauma. Her husband reportedly identified her body.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement, via the Post, that Abdus-Salaam was a “pioneer” and “a force for good.” Cuomo said of Abdus-Salaam, who was also the state’s first female African-American judge to be appointed to its Court of Appeals, he “was proud to appoint her” and is “deeply saddened by her passing.”
Continue to businessinsider.com article: http://www.businessinsider.com/first-muslim-woman-us-judge-found-dead-in-new-yorks-hudson-river-2017-4
