On Monday, June 15, police found the bodies of 19-year-old Black Lives Matter activist Oluwatoyin "Toin" Salau (opens in new tab) and 75-year-old AARP volunteer Victoria Sims in Tallahassee, Florida. Both Salau and Sims' deaths were ruled homicides, and Aaron Glee Jr. (49) was taken into custody by Tallahassee police as a suspect.

On June 6, Salau tweeted (open in new tab) that he had been sexually assaulted and has been missing ever since. (Sarau had been actively protesting the murders of Tony McDade in Tallahassee and George Floyd in Minneapolis, calling for justice for lost black lives.

Now protesters are doing the same for Salau, using the hashtag #JusticeForToyin.

"Toyin was very passionate," Danaya Hemphill, a friend of Salau's, told the Tallahassee Democrat (opens in new tab). 'She was very vocal, very loving, very spiritual, very compassionate. She was like a light in a dark room. That was Toine.

If you are outraged by Salau's death, there are several ways you can help demand justice for her:

The following Change.org petition is a demand that the Tallahassee Police Department conduct a full investigation into Toine's death and sexually assault her Tallahassee Police Department to conduct a full investigation into Toine's death and identify the man who sexually assaulted Toine.

SIGN THE PETITION (opens in new tab)

The organization has established the Oluwatoyin Sarau Freedom Fighters Fund to "provide black girl activists with up to $250 in financial assistance for housing, food, and other life-sustaining relief."

As of June 16, the organization has received over $50,000 and has stopped accepting donations.

DONATE (opens in new tab)

Call Governor Ron DeSantis directly and urge him to demand a full investigation into the death of Tzin and to pressure the Tallahassee Police Department.

Phone: 850-717-9337 | Email: [email protected]

CONTACT (opens in new tab)

Say her name: Oluwatoyin Sarau. And again. And again: how to join the Black Lives Matter protests (opens in new tab).