JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The hanging death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found outside an abandoned house, has shaken her family and community in Mississippi, where two other people have been found hanging from trees in less than a year.
What Happened
Hinds County chief medical examiner investigator Jeremiah Howard later confirmed the identity as Fortune. Jackson police officers responded to the home on Aug. Her body is now in the custody of the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office, where an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause and manner of death. Here’s what we know so far about Fortune’s death: Jackson police have commented very little on Fortune’s death. They have not identified any suspects or person of interest. Police have not disclosed how the man, who was arrested last week on an unrelated charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, is acquainted with Fortune. Police in Cleveland concluded Reed’s death was a suicide. Autopsy results were consistent with a preliminary examination of the body by the Bolivar County coroner, which found no evidence of foul play.
Police have not indicated whether they consider the 29-year-old Black woman’s death suspicious, saying only that they are actively working “to determine the circumstances surrounding the death. 3 and discovered a body hanging in the backyard.
Local media report that a man interviewed by investigators said he had argued with Fortune but had no involvement in her death.
