Candia-Bailey, an alumnus of the HBCU, was hired by Moseley six months before her review. Her documentation alleges that Moseley made jokes about her condition and revealed it to other coworkers.

The last email she got from Candia-Bailey was at 6:15 a.m. before she went into work on Jan. 8. “I’m reading the whole email, and the whole feel of the email is just eerie," Tillman said.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — When Antoinette "Bonnie" Candia-Bailey, the former vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, died by suicide on Jan. 8, the tragedy brought ...

It’s frustrating.” For 20 years, Candia-Bailey had worked to climb the professional ladder in academia. In 2016, she wrote a dissertation on the challenges that Black women face in academia.

Candia-Bailey began working at Lincoln University, a historically Black university in Jefferson City, Missouri, in May 2023. She received a termination letter on Jan. 3.

Candia-Bailey began working at Lincoln University, a historically Black university in Jefferson City, Missouri, in May 2023. She received a termination letter on Jan. 3.

Candia-Bailey’s friend, Monica Graham, urged that the former administrator killed herself following her termination as vice president of student affairs.

Candia-Bailey, 49, died by suicide in Illinois on Jan. 8. Her mother, Veronica Candia, and husband, Anthony Bailey, previously told NBC News that Moseley had fired her in the days before her death.