# Suspect pleads not guilty to murdering young woman found hanging in Jackson

https://mins.news/en/video/58451

- NBC News, 2026-09-14 22:27 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GF6m7_HVtU

> The man arrested in the death of 29-year-old Black woman Tasia Fortune pleaded not guilty to murder and was denied bond. Fortune was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Mississippi; NBC News reports on a possible association between her and Jarques Ratliff.

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