Oluwatoyin Salau, or ‘Toyin’, is a Black Lives Matter activist whose body was found in Florida over the weekend after she went missing on June 6. Salau’s body was found alongside that of a 75-year-old woman, Victoria Sims, and their deaths were ruled a double homicide by Tallahassee police.

The 19-year-old spoke out about her sexual assault on social media the day she went missing.

Salau was known for being a staunch advocate for Black women and Black trans people during Black Lives Matter protests. She often recited the name of Tony McDade during protests, a Black trans man who was shot and killed by an officer at the Tallahassee Police Department.

Several on social media thanked Salau for her advocacy of Black trans people and Black women with the hashtag #JusticeForToyin.

 


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