Man arrested over death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi

Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested Jacques Ratliff in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house in August. Authorities have ruled her death a homicide.

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Man arrested over death of black woman found hanging from tree

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Man arrested over death of Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree

Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocide Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house last month. The state medical examiner on Thursday ruled Fortune’s death a homicide. Jackson police chief RaShall Brackney-Wheelock said at a news…

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Man arrested over death of black woman found hanging from tree

Police in Mississippi have arrested a man in connection with the death of a black woman found hanging from a tree last month.

BBC 5h ago

Arrest made over the death of black woman found hanged from tree in Mississippi

Tasia Fortune's body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August.

CBS 7h ago

Man arrested in death of Tasia Fortune, woman found hanging from tree

Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month.

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