The promising young University of Rhode Island graduate had just started a job as a speech pathologist shortly after earning a Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology at Northeastern University in May 2021 when she was fatally shot.
Miya Brophy-Baermann.Gofundme
“For over a year, this Office and the Providence Police Department have sought justice for Miya and her family, and with today’s indictment, we are one step closer towards achieving that goal,” Attorney General Neronha said in the statement.
Isaiah Pinkerton; Shawn Mann.Providence Police Department (2)
At a hearing on August 26, 2022, the secret indictment was unsealed and the suspects were arraigned in Providence County Superior Court.
Both men pleaded not guilty and are being held without bail.
It is unclear whether they have retained attorneys who can speak on their behalf.
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Miya Brophy-Baermann.Miya’s Voice
Brophy-Baermann’s family and friends are still mourning the loss of the woman who “accomplished so much and impacted so many in her short yet passionate life,” according to her obituary.
After graduating from high school in 2015, Miya attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for a year “before making the difficult, financially responsible decision to transfer back to her home state’s public university, University of Rhode Island,” the obituary reads.
“Maintaining multiple jobs while attending URI, she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2019,” it says.
After earning her Master’s Degree in speech language pathology, she started her first job as a clinician a few weeks before she was killed.
“Miya was a selfless person who will be remembered for her infectious and optimistic personality,” the obituary says. “She made complete strangers feel welcomed and treated everyone equally and as a friend.”
Her family set up aGoFundMeto establish a memorial scholarship in Brophy-Baermann’s honor calledMiya’s Voice.
source: people.com
