What we know about the death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi
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…
Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging from a tree in an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi. Her body was discovered by police on August 3, and her identity was confirmed by the Hinds County chief medical examiner investigator Jeremiah Howard a week later. Local family and community members have been left shaken by the incident, which has already occurred less than a year after two other individuals were found hanging from trees in the region.
The police have not yet determined if Fortune's death is suspicious, stating only that they are actively investigating to uncover the circumstances surrounding the incident. Fortune, a mother of four who had lived in Mississippi for over a decade, was last seen on July 26 by her mother, Christy Spivey, who described her daughter as a loving mother who was not behaving out of the ordinary.
Spivey told ABC News that she believes her daughter did not take her own life, and Fortune's family and community have rallied together to honor her memory through a makeshift memorial.
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