The sudden death of Judge Abdus-Salaam — and the hours that led up to it — remains shrouded in mystery. Gregory Jacobs, firmly pushed back against reports that her death was an apparent suicide. In the moments after her inexplicable death, colleagues, relatives and local political leaders remembered the judge as a humble trailblazer. Her husband’s family wrote a message on the website for his church. “We are deeply grieved at the untimely passing of Sheila Abdus-Salaam, whom her family mourns as a beloved wife and devoted stepmother,” the family wrote.

Source: National Post April 20, 2017 12:22 UTC