# Investigators believe Tasia Fortune was dead before body was hanged from tree, detective testifies

https://mins.news/en/item/74707

- CNN, 2026-09-25 23:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/25/us/tasia-fortune-hanging-homicide-mississippi?Date=20260925&Profile=CNN

> A detective testified Friday that investigators believe Tasia Fortune had already died before her body was hanged from a tree behind an abandoned home in Mississippi’s capital this summer.

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