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Police say more arrests coming in death of Mississippi woman found hanging from tree
Police say a homicide ruling allowed them to issue warrants, and investigators expect more arrests as they pursue evidence in the case.
- On Friday, police arrested 51-year-old Jarques Ratliff in connection with the murder of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month in Jackson.
- The state medical examiner's office determined Thursday evening that the death was a homicide, allowing police to execute existing warrants they had prepared.
- Ratliff remains jailed on a murder charge after authorities encountered him walking on the street; Chief Brackney said Ratliff had an "association" with Fortune but declined to elaborate.
- Fortune, a mother of four, had lived in Jackson for 10 years after moving from Kentucky; she struggled with homelessness in recent years despite her deep religious faith.
- Following the arrest, Spivey, Fortune's mother, expressed gratitude to police, stating, "I just started crying and told them thank you, thank you, thank you." She previously insisted her daughter would not have taken her own life.
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Police say more arrests coming in death of Mississippi woman found hanging from tree
Mississippi police say they were still investigating the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month, a day after a man was arrested in connection with the killing.
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Mississippi police reported on Saturday that they are still investigating the death of Tasia Fortune, a black woman who was found hanging from a tree last month, a day after a man was arrested in connection with the murder.
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