What: Press Conference to discuss the suspicious hanging death of Syriah Henderson
When: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 10:00am
Where: Uhuru House 1245 18th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida
Contact: Chimurenga Waller at (727)914-3617 or email InPDUMSTPETE2@gmail.com
St. Petersburg Police Find Body of Black Woman
Claim Death Was Suicide by Hanging
You are invited to attend a press conference sponsored by the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement(InPDUM). They will discuss the suspicious death of Syriah Henderson on July 1, 2026. The InPDUM is currently investigating the death of Henderson as a homicide. Henderson was found hanging from a tree behind the Dollar Tree store at 3426 Central Avenue. The St. Petersburg Police Department has determined that the death was a suicide. We are suspicious of the Police Department findings.We recognize that between 1877 and 1950, more than 4,000 African people were lynched with impunity in the United States. Based on this history, InPDUM is compelled to hold this press conference.
Nevela Williams, mother of Syriah Henderson, as well as International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement leaders will speak at the press conference.