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.
Anyways I was molested in Tallahassee, Florida by a black man this morning at 5:30 on Richview and Park Ave. The man offered to give me a ride to find someplace to sleep and recollect my belongings from a church I refuged to a couple days back to escape unjust living conditions.
— Oluwatoyin (@virgingrltoyin) June 6, 2020
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.
She was so passionate. Rest In Peace Toyin pic.twitter.com/h6MVRe0Rcn
— Yennifer (@queenyennifer_) June 15, 2020
activist Oluwatoyin Salau was missing since June 6, after disturbing tweets detailing a sexual assault that had taken place that day. it has been reported that her body has been found. WHAT HAPPENED TO TOYIN? SAY HER NAME #JusticeforToyin pic.twitter.com/76PM2PJEjk
— dylan zo’brien (@kurtzobain) June 15, 2020
Several on social media thanked Salau for her advocacy of Black trans people and Black women with the hashtag #JusticeForToyin.
Oluwatoyin Salau was only 19 years old, and spent her last days on earth fighting for Black lives. She deserved so much more. #JusticeForToyin pic.twitter.com/VdwYnpaUCn
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 15, 2020
OLUWATOYIN SALAU.
She is Black.
She is a Nigerian.
She is a Black American.
She was trying to fight for all Africans and Black Americans but she was silenced (killed).
She was killed days after exposing how she was sexually molested.
RIP QUEEN.#JusticeForToyin— Cruise (@olusamcruise) June 15, 2020
Black women are fighting two wars #JusticeForToyin after tweeting about her sexual assault she went missing for several days and her body was recently found. She was only 19.
RIP Toyin, RIP Queen pic.twitter.com/ReYUhbZrRb
— Jose | BLM (@Jose_Tohidi) June 15, 2020
