First female Muslim judge on New York's top court found dead in Hudson river

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first African American to serve on New York’s top court and the first female Muslim judge in the United States was found dead on the bank of the Hudson River in Manhattan Wednesday. Abdus-Salaam had been reported missing by her husband on Tuesday, police said. It is not yet known how she ended up dead in the river. Abdul-Salaam's body showed no obvious signs of trauma. Her body was taken to the medical examiner's office in Kips Bay, where the exact cause of her death can be determined.