SENATE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND SENIOR CITIZENS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE RESOLUTION No. 128

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  NOVEMBER 8, 2021

      The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee reports favorably Senate Resolution No. 128.

      This resolution urges support and protection for African-American women.

      On the night of December 4, 2020 at approximately 8:30 p.m., 36-year-old Aieshia McFadden was found outside a liquor store in Jersey City with a fatal gunshot wound to her torso.  It has been reported that the Hudson County prosecutor identified the man arrested and charged in the suspected murder of Aieshia McFadden, as Thaddues Williams, 37, of East Orange.