Sheila Abdus-Salaam
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 Sheila Abdus-Salaam    (judge) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | Sheila Turner 1952-03-14 Washington DC, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | 2017-04-12 (Age 65) New York City, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Barnard College, Columbia Law School | |||||||||||
| Victim of | premature death | |||||||||||
A US judge found dead in the Hudson River in 2017
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Sheila Abdus-Salaam was the first African-American woman appointed to the New York Court of Appeals whom the Daily Mail termed "groundbreaking". In 2017, she was found dead in the Hudson River after her husband of less than a year reported her missing.[1]
Death
CBSNews stated that "Questions persist".[2]
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