First-ever female Muslim judge in US washes up dead on Hudson River bank

The first-ever female Muslim judge in the US has been found floating on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River, it has been reported.

Sheila Abdus-Salaam's body was discovered on Wednesday (12 April) afternoon. The 65-year-old bore no signs of trauma and she was fully clothed, according to police. A medical examiner will determine the cause of her death, but it is not thought to be criminal, CBS News reported.According to the New York Post, the associate judge on New York State's highest court – the Court of Appeals – was reported missing from her Harlem home earlier in the day. Her identity was confirmed by her husband.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo paid tribute to the Columbia graduate and first African-American woman to be appointed to the state's Court of Appeals. "Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam was a trailblazing jurist whose life in public service was in pursuit of a more fair and more just New York for all," Cuomo said in a statement on Wednesday.