Florida protester Oluwatoyin Salau, 19, found dead in Tallahassee after going missing

[Celerity]

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/oluwatoyin-salau-found-dead-tallahassee-black-lives-matter-protest-missing/3190606001/

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Oluwatoyin Salau, a 19-year-old protester who begged for justice in the wake of Black lives lost, has died.

Police and her family confirmed the death Monday morning.

Salau was found dead Saturday night after she went missing more than a week ago, on June 6, family members told the Tallahassee Democrat, part of the USA TODAY Network.

Salau was one of two homicide victims discovered Saturday night in southeast Tallahassee, a couple miles from where she was last seen at a library.

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[mcar]

1. Horrid

[ChazII]

2. Broken heart when I saw this news. n/t

[superpatriotman]

3. Suspect in custody

https://heavy.com/news/2020/06/aaron-glee-jr/?fbclid=IwAR0mHuZln7c8VI6ybfK2bDH230ZKQCl0HrsjUQJMl5iCfoaCNyh1PAC54vg

[Celerity]

7. +100000

[Ex Lurker]

24. Very skeptical about that nt

[sarisataka]

34. He confessed

https://www.yahoo.com/news/aaron-glee-jr-confesses-deaths-000100521.html

[smirkymonkey]

4. So awful!

[malaise]

5. This must be investigated thoroughly

Highly suspicious

[cwydro]

6. They've caught him.

Seems pretty clear.

She tweeted about being assaulted by someone meeting his description and he's got a history of abusing women. And so it continues.

[malaise]

11. He killed two people - if he's guilty

Throw away the keys

[uponit7771]

14. Hmmm, read most of the article about the arrested police don't have any direct evidence it was him

... other than a fits the description of and a history of stupidity

[cwydro]

16. Previously assaulting women is something you call "stupidity?"

All right.

[uponit7771]

17. He did more than just assault women, looks like that's going to get him locked up

[Hortensis]

10. It will be. Only 19 years old, but by her own account

finding herself alone and in need and going off with a man who offered shelter but seemed strange even to her.

The black part of this seems to be that Toyin was a young black woman who started out on the streets with others like her to protest the murder of George Floyd and demand reforms. Then this very young person somehow ended up on another street at a later time, alone.

On the face of it, this does seem to be the kind of tragedy that sometimes happens to women who leave the places where they can normally expect to be safe for places they cannot -- alone without the protection of friends.

Her death's now also extremely public, though, and if it is suspicious for happening very differently, that's going to become a controversy demanding the truth.

[malaise]

12. Thanks for your post

Never leave the group you know

[csziggy]

8. There were two women found dead at the same location

'Didn't deserve what happened to her': Victoria Sims, one of two found dead on Monday Road
CD Davidson-Hiers, Tallahassee Democrat Published 3:16 p.m. ET June 15, 2020 | Updated 4:50 p.m. ET June 15, 2020

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On Saturday night, Sims' body was found on Monday Road on Tallahassee's south side. She was one of two victims; the other was Oluwatoyin Salau, a 19-year-old local activist with the student social justice group Movement 850 and an ardent speaker in recent Black Lives Matter protests.

Victoria Sims, 75, a volunteer for AARP, was reported missing Saturday night. On Sunday, AARP officials confirmed she was dead, the victim of a homicide. (Photo: TPD)ictoria Sims, 75, a volunteer for AARP, was reported missing Saturday night. On Sunday, AARP officials confirmed she was dead, the victim of a homicide. (Photo: TPD)

Tallahassee police have arrested Aaron Glee Jr., 49, holding him as a suspect in both deaths.

The 75-year-old Sims was someone who "always had a smile on her face," according to a neighbor who asked not to be identified.

The neighbor, a woman, said she knew Sims since the AARP volunteer had moved into the apartment complex a year and a half ago.

More: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/06/15/victoria-sims-one-two-found-dead-monday-road-tallahassee/3191001001/

Both were strong women activists and will be missed.

[Laffy Kat]

9. What a waste. Why?

Just, why?

[rockfordfile]

13. give him the death penalty

[uponit7771]

15. Looks like they don't have any direct evidence the arrested only fits description of

... any history a batter against women

[sarisataka]

35. They do have his confession

https://www.yahoo.com/news/aaron-glee-jr-confesses-deaths-000100521.html

[SCantiGOP]

20. So, Rockford

Are you willing to kill him yourself, after a trial, or do you want someone else to do it? And do you think all death penalties are fair and warranted, or just this one?

[Chuuku Davis]

23. Yes I would

If the evidence says he killed two good defenseless women
Some animals need to be put down
Start the flames

[SCantiGOP]

25. You're not worth it

You called another human being an animal who should be put down.
I’ll just put you on full Ignore and deal with the decent people on this site.

[USALiberal]

29. Really? So you support the DP? Nt

[Baclava]

18. He was just in jail on another charge, then released

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Tallahassee Police Department has identified Oluwatoyin "Toyin" Salau, 19, and Victoria Sims, 75, as victims of a double-homicide.

Police said Monday that 49-year-old Aaron Glee Jr., the suspect in this case, has been taken into custody. He has not yet been charged.

Records show that Glee was taken into custody on May 30 on a charge of aggravated battery causing bodily harm or disability. He was released on bond on June 1.



https://weartv.com/news/local/blm-activist-aarp-volunteer-idd-as-victims-in-tallahassee-double-homicide

[ChazII]

19. Kicking for more exposure.

Other than DU and Yahoo, I haven't seen the story covered.

[pazzyanne]

21. Oluwatoyin Salau and Victoria Sims,

two beautiful voices in the wilderness silenced by evil.
May they rest in peace while the rest of us carry on.

[niyad]

22. KNR

[ChazII]

26. KNR

Has anyone heard about the story on CNN or MSMBC? If they have aired any news I have missed it. Is the media ignoring this story?

[ChazII]

27. Oluwatoyin Salau -saying her name so

that at least her memory can stay live. This story should be getting more coverage but only here at DU and a Yahoo have I heard it.

[ChazII]

28. Watching Velshi on MSNBC

there was a segment that discussed, "Say Her Name." I am kicking this story back so that Oluwatoyin Salau is not forgotten.

[Tom Rinaldo]

30. K&R with anger and sorrow and the deepest respect for those murdered n/t

[ChazII]

31. Yahoo had another story

saying Glee confessed to medical staff that he murdered the two women after raping them for several days. I would post a link but now I cannot find the story.

[sarisataka]

33. Here is the link

https://www.yahoo.com/news/aaron-glee-jr-confesses-deaths-000100521.html

[sarisataka]

32. Tallahassee police say suspect confessed to kidnapping and killing student, 19, and volunteer, 75

Tallahassee police say suspect confessed to kidnapping and killing student, 19, and volunteer, 75

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Aaron Glee Jr. confessed several times that he kidnapped and killed Oluwatoyin Salau, a student and protester, and Victoria Sims, a volunteer and retired state worker, in grisly crimes that have horrified the community.

According to newly released court documents, Glee waived his right to remain silent and gave his account of events to officers with the Tallahassee Police Department and the Orlando Police Department.

They include shocking new details, including that Glee kept Salau a prisoner in his run-down home for several days, raping her and eventually deciding to kill her to avoid getting caught.

The documents also reveal that Salau, 19, and Sims, 75, apparently met each other in the last days of their lives, after Glee arranged for Sims to pick him and Salau up at a bus stop.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/aaron-glee-jr-confesses-deaths-000100521.html