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Posted on 08/07/2026 6:01:33 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Coroner identifies woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant Jackson home
The Hinds County coroner has identified Tasia Fortune as the woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in Jackson earlier this week.
Jackson police declined to release details that might explain how Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, ended up in the manner she was discovered Monday that evoked memories of the South’s history of lynching.
The coroner’s office said her family has been notified. Her body was sent to the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.
LaToni Fortune told Mississippi Today on Wednesday she last saw her sister last month when she returned to Kentucky to visit family.
“She just comes back to Kentucky and visit us or we’ll go to Jackson and visit her,” she said.
It’s unclear how long Tasia Fortune was behind the vacant house before neighbors spotted her and summoned police to the 500 block of Road of Remembrance, a mostly Black neighborhood in west Jackson.
Tommie Brown, public information officer for the Jackson Police Department, declined to release an incident report, saying in an email, “This is an active investigation. We are not able to release any information regarding this case at this time.”
In a similar case, Trey Reed, a Black student at Delta State University, was found hanging on campus last September.
The results of an independent autopsy on Reed have yet to be released. His family recently revealed to the Mississippi Free Press that his ex-girlfriend shared his suicidal texts with the police, and they haven’t heard from their attorney, Ben Crump, in months.
Crump, a nationally known civil rights attorney, represents the family of Nolan Xavier Wells. Wells died after traveling to Horn Island by boat on July 4 with a group of mostly white friends. His body was found two days later off the island, located about 10 miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
An independent autopsy was unable to determine Wells’ cause of death, while the state autopsy has yet to be released.
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Jackson/Hinds County is 78% “Black” so finding a “Black” person is the victim of a crime isn’t exactly shocking.
I’m guessing a self imposed hate crime...
The family of Trey Reed has not heard from their atty. Ben Crump in months. They are not likely to hear from him at all unless they call him first. The evidence looks like Trey was a suicide. If Ben doesn’t smell money, and lots of it, he’s not coming around anytime soon.
“”Another Black person dies under (as of now) mysterious circumstances in Mississippi. Ben Crump, Al Sharpton and all the other usual suspects must be working overtime.””
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With no due respect to Sharpton and his ilk, I wouldn’t put it past him/them to have had something to do with stuff like this... to ‘gin up’ their paychecks... Jussie Smollett style.
Every time a black person commits suicide by hanging, the left goes salivating for an imaginary hooded lynch mob as if it’s 1912.
The Covington Catholic boys didn’t teach these lunatic media morons anything.
Or Jussie Smollett, or Noosecar.
Her boyfriends wife did it.
Black neighborhood.
This one looks like suicide.
Hoax. Yeah, she’s dead, and she’s hanging, but ain’t no white folk done it!
I read on Nextdoor.com that black people never commit suicide.
“...the left goes salivating for an imaginary hooded lynch mob as if it’s 1912.”
And they DO THIS as if the Socialist Democrats have had NOTHING to do with SLAVERY or the LYNCHING of blacks via their KKK, or their constant vigilance to keep blacks on the ‘Democrat Plantation’ via DEPENDENCE upon Mother Government!
*SPIT*
Prayers for her family.
It is likely either
A suicide or
B some other black guy lynched him
It’s entirely possible that she’s suicided.
That should not be ruled out
Probably suicide.
Not as common for women as men but not unknown.
There is another possibility which would also not be a crime but I will not go there.
May she rest in peace and may her family find strength and solace in the Lord. Amen.
Can’t rule out suicide.
Works for men but I've never heard of that with women.
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