# Mississippi police say Tasia Fortune’s hanging was staged after drug-dispute death

https://mins.news/en/item/74477

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-25 19:36 UTC
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- Original: https://bit.ly/4jo4BLI

> Mississippi police believe Tasia Fortune was already dead before her body was placed in a tree. Jackson police say the Black woman’s death followed a drug dispute and that the hanging scene was staged.

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