In Jackson, Mississippi, the death of Tasia Fortune — a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree in an abandoned backyard on August 3rd — has been ruled a homicide, transforming what might have been dismissed as another ambiguous tragedy into a matter of criminal accountability. Weeks of investigation, nearly fifteen interviews, and forensic work culminated in the arrest of Jarques Ratliff, 51, a man with some undisclosed connection to Fortune. The case arrives against a backdrop of similar hanging deaths in Mississippi that have stirred deep communal unease, and it reminds us that th
Man arrested in death of Tasia Fortune, Black woman found hanging from Mississippi tree
Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found dead hanging from a tree in an abandoned home's backyard.