19-year-old Nigerian woman found dead after going missing in Florida following her tweets about being sexually assaulted
Oluwatoyin Salau, a 19-year-old Black Lives Matter protester, has been found dead days after tweeting that a man who offered her a ride to church, had molested her in Tallahassee, Florida.
She was last seen on June 6, 2020 at a demonstration in the Tallahassee area, according to the Police Department.
Hours prior to being reported missing, Salau tweeted that she had been molested by a man while looking for a place to stay after the demonstration. She added that she had called the authorities to report what had happened. .
Before her death, the teenager had emerged as a leading voice in recent protests throughout the area. .