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Dr. Tosin OyelowoAuthorities have finally confirmed the identity of the woman who jumped off of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in South Carolina on December 9. Medical student Dr. Tosin Oyelowo (pictured), who was identified as missing, has been named in the suicide. While local authorities are yet to find Dr. Oyelowo’s body, the Charleston City Paper reports that local authorities were able to tie the 25-year-old to the fatal bridge jumping through eyewitnesses, personal items, and the location of Dr. Onyelowo’s car at a nearby gas station:

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Charleston Police Department spokesman Charles Francis said eyewitnesses at the scene had confirmed Oyelowo’s identity. According to an incident report, police found Oyelowo’s car parked at the Shell gas station on the Mt. Pleasant side of the bridge. Her purse and keys were found at the top of the bridge near where she had been seen around 3:40 p.m.

Dr. Oyelowo, who is a native of Nigeria, attended the University of Charleston’s School of Pharmacy  as a first-year medical student. When Dr. Oyelowo went missing, friends and family immediately employed both the Internet and social media, with “Dr. Tosin Oyelowo’s Family” website and a #TosinOyelowo hashtag, to gain media attention. Unfortunately, further investigation proved that Dr. Oyelowo matched the description of the woman witnesses saw throw herself from the bridge on a Friday afternoon. While local authorities are continuing the search for Dr. Oyelowo’ s body, no motive has been determined for the suicide.

Read more in the Charleston City Paper.

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7UVUVOKIQXNK46Y5DJ6H6ARECA Carl C

    This is very shocking. She has a lot in common with my Ronisha!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Iwillbfree/ Iwillbfree

    THIS BEAUTIFUL BLACK “REAL” AFRIKAN GODDESS, DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE!

    There is some bulls**t in the game! Afrikans DO NOT DO THIS TYPE OF BULLS**T! Jumping from a bridge at that hour in the day, does not connect. If ‘eyewitnesses’ saw it, why did they not report it, IMMEDIATELLY?

    Something ain’t right!

    Her Soul and Spirit are no with the Elders!

  • SoultrySoul

    this is not common at all when it comes to a lot of Americanize African’s with most likely extremely traditional African Parents. Stress, pressure and constant reminder of “don’t dishonor our family.” can be a lot to carry for some. Suicide and Rape are the biggest forms of dishonor / disgrace/ humiliation upon a traditional family.

  • Anonymous

    My heart goes out to her family.

  • Anonymous

    Yah, that’s how it is in many Asian cultures.

  • Anonymous

    Dont believe anything said in South Carolina. She was murdered or is still alive being used in the sex trade. White men worldwide love it !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smittyboy7/ smittyboy7

    What your Ronisha jumped off bridge to,is she dead.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JI3QN2SAWGME3CUQSVQ43FXZIU Eric

    TRUE . BUT COULD IT HAVE BEEN THAT,she got hazed into a nervous panic. I know a friend who attended and finished Medical school . As a student, this person had an assignment that required doing research and then attempt to obtain funds for research by writing and pitching a proposal. The school set it all up, but he wasn’t aware of that. The phony philantrophist started yelling at him when he(the STUDENT ) told the phony investor,” YOUR BEING RUDE SO SHUT THE F**K UP”. They then pulled him aside to give him his props for passing their backbone test. He got hazed.

    Some schools not only want you to have your booksmarts in order but, that backbone got to be rock hard too. Not saying this sad tragedy didn’t involve an outside influence BUT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, most credible Medical schools seperate themselves by turning SOFT HEART BOOKWORMS into task- taking- take- no- s**t workaholic beasts.
    Ya got to earn them Medical Doctor Stripes. Still,this sad. she was pretty and smart. what a loss.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JH5ASYZ3HCR6HZ6Z62M5CCRENI truthseeker

    Beautiful sister. Was she depressed? God rest her soul.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7UVUVOKIQXNK46Y5DJ6H6ARECA Carl C

    No nigga… Ronisha is a very beautiful black woman that will be a medical doctor. Dayum! Yo Ass is Retarded! LOL!!!!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JH5ASYZ3HCR6HZ6Z62M5CCRENI truthseeker

    Yeah, she dead along with her man. Carl C.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Iwillbfree/ Iwillbfree

    We will NEVER know the Truth, but she is a BEAUTIFUL BLACK GODDESS and these predators, could make a lot of money off of this queen! I hope it’s not True and hope she is found alive!

    I DON’T PUT SHYT PASS NONE OF THESE BASTARDS…negroids or caucasoids!!!!

  • Anonymous

    I think there is more to this story. This girl may even be a murder victim. I wouldn’t trust what southern authorities say.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smittyboy7/ smittyboy7

    Your lies has really become sickening and their highly disgusting to.Next that made up in your head black b***h is going to be an astronaut let your lying ass tell it.You know i’m beginning to believe you’re Puerto Rican because one thing about them,they can tall some big ass lies.I never seen or heard of a Puerto Rican that wasn’t a big ass liar.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Esquire_manCA/ Esquire_manCA

    WOW! This is a crying shame. She was intelligent, beautiful, young, and had a lucrative career lined up. What could have gone THAT WRONG??? I just don’t understand it. Many young black women would give anything to have their lives like this woman. God bless her. She obviously had nobody to talk to during her depression.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Iwillbfree/ Iwillbfree

    THIS BEAUTIFUL BLACK GODDESS WAS NOT A W***E, LIKE “RONNY”, I MEAN “RONISHA”

    *I dropped on a BOMB on you, nigga* BLAM!

    DIE NIGGA! DIE NIGGA! DIE NIGGA! SO BLACK FOLKS CAN TAKE OVER!

  • Anonymous

    Yeah,I remember years back they found two Black women hog tied in a trunk of a red neck crackers car,cut up and dead like animals,and it came out in jet magazine.Easy to murder someone in the back woods of the south,no one around to help you,why do you think they love to hunt animals?and fools think that Devil worshipers won’t sacrifice fine young virgins to their god,they need to study history and pick up a book.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TNC6MQGSY4QV2EHVDRYGBBMV3U Julie

    The Pharmacy school at the University of Charleston is not like that, hazing and such. She actually graduated and earned her doctorate then started a residency in the Carolinas. The article is fairly inaccurate. I really hope that there is a full investigation about the incident. She is already deeply missed.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6CT4FBTGA7N2T5KSCNOKYYMOOM whowantz2kno

    “No motive determined for the suicide”……

    This is WAY out of character for an African. Not to be stereotypical, but when they move to america, they aim to succeed….In deeper reports, the family says they had NO CLUE as to any depression, issues, problems etc, this young woman was having. They said, and I quote….”She was a TOP student with a 3.3 GPA and had already received MANY employment offers from some of the best hospitals in the state”, end quote…..I say check into this DEEP, doesn’t sound like reason for suicide….IMO

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6CT4FBTGA7N2T5KSCNOKYYMOOM whowantz2kno

    “I wouldn’t trust what SOUTHERN authorities say…”

    EXACTLY!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6CT4FBTGA7N2T5KSCNOKYYMOOM whowantz2kno

    damn..LMAO!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smittyboy7/ smittyboy7

    Carl C C**t dead,hell my luck isn’t that damn good.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smittyboy7/ smittyboy7

    F****t ass fake spic Your Ronisha is a porn shop blowup doll you sick disgusting idiot!Btw Yo Ass is a cold up B***h!LOL!!!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bogy-Registrar/100002491745280 Bogy Registrar

    i just found this site….my dads black and my mom is white….i have black friends and I have white and asian and latin every other kind of race as friends am just wondering what it means “for black america” and why if black people are preaching equality do we only reach out to other black people and not too ALL people…? I always felt like reaching out to those who might discriminate against us is the way to show the world what true character is all about, but it feels like many black folks are just plain angry and instead of setting an example for the world we just start building walls to block out the rest of the world

  • Marcus Ferrell

    Damn she was beautiful. Rest in peice love

  • Anonymous

    Now, THAT’S in interesting theory…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jo-Hargis/100002882420472 Jo Hargis

    I lost a son to suicide six years ago. My heart grieves for her family. I hope they can discover the reason, as the not knowing is one of the hardest parts.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LGW3DYRQPPJY4HVS76LMQCT3HA Blue

    WOW, Lord bless the family.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Martin-E-Blake/100000173167776 Martin E Blake

    It is a terrible mystery indeed. Who or what made this happen, a doctor came from Nigeria to jump off a bridge? Another mystery is the Charleston Slavery Museum. How does this crime benefit the people it exploited? Do all the profits go to help the ancestors of slavery? There remins violent crime, hatred and resentment around Charleston. It would not be a surprise to learn she was murdered. Crime portrayed in the Media in music or TV contributes to crime on the streets. Tax the cause of crime. Tax the Slavery Museum to help the victims.

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