Posted on 04/19/2017 5:42:20 AM PDT by Oratam
MANHATTAN — The death of the pioneering judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam has been deemed "suspicious" by investigators who are seeking more information, NYPD officials said Wednesday.
Abdus-Salaam, who was the first African-American woman to sit on New York state's highest court, was found dead in the Hudson River near West 132nd Street about 1:45 p.m. on April 12, officials said.
“There's no apparent trauma to her body. We don't believe she was in the water a long time,” the NYPD's Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said at the time.
But in the ensuing week, few answers emerged.
Investigators said Wednesday morning that the judge's death is "suspicious" because they can't explain how she wound up in the river.
"When a body is found floating in a river, it is deemed suspicious in nature," an NYPD spokesman said.
"The death may be classified as suspicious, in that the circumstances have not been clearly established," the spokesman added.
Investigators are awaiting further information from the city's Medical Examiner's office that might indicate what happened.
Abdus-Salaam was last seen wearing a charcoal gray sweatshirt with the word "Canada" emblazoned across the chest above the country's flag and the word "Vancouver," police said.
She wore black sweat pants, white ankle socks and white New Balance sneakers, police said.
Anyone with information should contact Det. Brian Schumacher (212)678-1351 or the Detective Borough Manhattan North.
That struck me as a curious detail.
She either fell in or was pushed.
Sounds like she may have been out walking or jogging. Wearing a souvenir shirt Did she have her phone or wallet with her?
Seems only a tourist’s purchase on a vacation to Vancouver. Probably part of a selection of sweatshirts she wears for exercising. Perhaps she jogs this route regularly?
A million possibilities.
Trump did it.
Wilson, is that you?
Do the Russians have an alibi?
“She either fell in or was pushed. “
OR JUMPED!
Saw the headline and thought it might be about Scalia.
Oh well.
It’s a common tourist sweatshirt
They will probably find her cell phone where she ran into the river off a dock or cliff. Jogging while texting is not safe.
Had she been depressed?
No kidding......my first thought as well.
“Abdus-Salaam was last seen wearing a charcoal gray sweatshirt with the word “Canada” emblazoned across the chest above the country’s flag and the word “Vancouver,” police said.”
Maybe it’s just me, but usually the phrase “last seen wearing.....” means last seen “ALIVE”.
To be technical she was naked when “last seen” by the medical examiner.
Hard to say, because of the poor writing, what she in fact was wearing when last seen or when found.
I will look elsewhere.
Good point.
“Sheila Abdus-Salaam found dead near Hudson River likely committed suicide, police say”
Why not apply the Scalia “Nothing Suspicious Here” rule? Oh wait, she was evidently a Democrat and a Muslim and therefore her demise warrants a deep investigation.
“Sheila Abdus-Salaam, a groundbreaking black jurist who became the first female muslim judge in the US,”
I obviously need to take break from FR. I interpreted her choice of clothing as liberal virtue signaling. . .akin to having a maple leaf patch on one’s backpack while traveling in Europe.
“police are now treating her death as a suicide”
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