Detective says hanging of Tasia Fortune was a "staged" lynching tied to a drug dispute; two men face murder charges.
A Mississippi detective testified Friday that the hanging death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman whose body was found suspended from a tree in Jackson in August, was a "staged" lynching tied to a drug dispute. During a preliminary hearing, Detective Samuel Dukes said investigators believe Fortune was killed before her body was hung behind an abandoned home, citing the state medical examiner's findings. Two men have been charged with murder and a third suspect is being sought.
The case drew national attention because the scene evoked Mississippi's history of racial violence, though authorities have said the killing was not a hate crime. This is a breaking news article. The contributed to this story.
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