Tap Into Newark reports. But her mother, Starlet Carbins, said police did not report Moore’s death to her, and she learned of it on Facebook nine days later.Family members also questioned the ruling of suicide, as Moore had ligature and strangulation marks on her neck, according to the police report, and those could be signs of foul play.
The family and LGBTQ+ advocates have called for further investigation.Now the homicide unit of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office will take another look at the circumstances of Moore’s death, officials there announced.
And Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said the city will establish an LGBTQ+ hotline, to be operated through the Shani Baraka Women’s Resource Center, and will require police to contact local LGBTQ+.