{"id":101027,"date":"2026-09-25T23:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tasia-fortunes-hanging-was-staged-after-her-death-mississippi-police-say\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T23:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:28:57","slug":"tasia-fortunes-hanging-was-staged-after-her-death-mississippi-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tasia-fortunes-hanging-was-staged-after-her-death-mississippi-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasia Fortune&#8217;s hanging was &#8220;staged&#8221; after her death, Mississippi police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tasia-fortune-mississippi-hanging-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">hung in a tree<\/a><\/span> in a &#8220;staged&#8221; lynching behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective testified Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Fortune was killed in a disagreement about drugs, and she fought hard with her attackers before she was killed, Jackson police Detective Samuel Dukes told the court. Citing the medical examiner&#8217;s opinion, he also said the hanging was &#8220;staged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fortune was Black, and the Aug. 3 discovery of her hanging body stoked fear and drew widespread attention because the scene recalled actual lynchings in the Southern state, which has a long and troubled history of racial violence.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities haven&#8217;t disclosed the exact cause of Fortune&#8217;s death or said why they think her body was hanged afterward, but they ruled it a homicide and arrested two men, both of them also Black, on murder charges. A 45-year-old man turned himself in Friday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was charged with murder and will appear in court Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/11\/34b262b7-4f96-438c-882f-193d7b036983\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/8282f4ad5553f13c2fcf68d3ccbc258c\/ap26254831097212.jpg#\" alt=\"Mississippi Woman Hanging \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/11\/34b262b7-4f96-438c-882f-193d7b036983\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/8282f4ad5553f13c2fcf68d3ccbc258c\/ap26254831097212.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/11\/34b262b7-4f96-438c-882f-193d7b036983\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/35026e3a95e1a7fc59155703141d1ecb\/ap26254831097212.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Christy Spivey poses with a portrait of her late daughter Tasia Fortune on Sept. 8, 2026, in Marion, Kentucky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP Photo\/George Walker IV<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Outside court, Fortune&#8217;s mother, Christy Spivey, told reporters that she had been aware that her daughter died before her body was hanged. But that step, she added, &#8220;brought all the attention to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What bothered me was they said Tasia fought for her life. I know she did. I know my daughter,&#8221; Spivey said.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was meant to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to send the case against the first man arrested, Jarques Ratliff, to a grand jury for a possible indictment. It will resume Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Ratliff, 51, was arrested in mid-September and has pleaded not guilty. He remains jailed without bond. Police <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tasia-fortune-murder-arrest-suspect-mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested a second defendant<\/a><\/span>, 25-year-old Earnest Lloyd Jr., this week.<\/p>\n<p>During Friday&#8217;s hearing, Ratliff blurted out in court that he and Fortune were friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It sounded sincere. Tasia had a lot of friends,&#8221; Spivey said later. &#8220;I hope if he is innocent that he can prove he&#8217;s innocent. We don&#8217;t want any innocent people going to jail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ratliff&#8217;s stepdaughter, Lashuna Jones, was among her father&#8217;s supporters at court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He didn&#8217;t do it, and I&#8217;m behind him,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Spivey has said her daughter, who had four children, struggled with homelessness in recent years, and that she wasn&#8217;t sure where Fortune was living at the time of her death. 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