{"id":98807,"date":"2026-09-12T05:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T05:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/man-arrested-in-death-of-tasia-fortune-mississippi-woman-found-hanging-from-tree\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T05:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T05:51:17","slug":"man-arrested-in-death-of-tasia-fortune-mississippi-woman-found-hanging-from-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/man-arrested-in-death-of-tasia-fortune-mississippi-woman-found-hanging-from-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in death of Tasia Fortune, Mississippi woman found hanging from tree"},"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>Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney said at a news conference Friday that police had secured search and arrest warrants for Jarques Ratliff and arrested him when they encountered him walking on the street. Brackney said Ratliff had an &#8220;association&#8221; with Fortune but would not disclose details about it at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Ratliff, 51, was arrested on a charge of murder, police said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\" 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\/86846252-a37f-4ec6-bdba-890a082aed87\/thumbnail\/620x673\/617627751e4cfb2ef5f94c653ed8b3cd\/image003-1.png#\" alt=\"image003-1.png \" height=\"673\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/11\/86846252-a37f-4ec6-bdba-890a082aed87\/thumbnail\/620x673\/617627751e4cfb2ef5f94c653ed8b3cd\/image003-1.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The mug shot of Jarques Ratliff, 51.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jackson Police Department<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The state medical examiner&#8217;s office determined Thursday evening that the death was a homicide, Brackney said, allowing them to execute the warrants they already had on hand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This case remains active and additional arrests will be pending,&#8221; Brackney said.<\/p>\n<p>The chief said police interviewed nearly 15 people, collected forensic evidence and pursued leads in the case. &#8220;The warrants executed today and the arrest of Mr. Ratliff are significant steps, but there is still an ongoing investigation,&#8221; Brackney said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Christy Spivey, Fortune&#8217;s mother, said Friday after police told her of the arrest that &#8220;I just started crying and told them &#8216;thank you, thank you, thank you.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spivey said police did not share a motive or whether DNA led them to the arrest. Spivey said she did not know the man who had been arrested, but was asking her daughter&#8217;s friends if they knew him. Spivey described the family as &#8220;in disbelief&#8221; and &#8220;shock.&#8221;<\/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\/620x413\/f95983b6147d21c9cefb5213d29c3d35\/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\/620x413\/f95983b6147d21c9cefb5213d29c3d35\/ap26254831097212.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/11\/34b262b7-4f96-438c-882f-193d7b036983\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/48b25e764aa228c76a2b0efb76322e77\/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>&#8220;We still don&#8217;t have a lot of answers,&#8221; Spivey said.<\/p>\n<p>Police discovered 29-year-old Fortune&#8217;s body hanging in the backyard of an abandoned home in Jackson on Aug. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Fortune died less than a year after the hanging deaths of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/video\/family-local-leaders-call-for-transparency-after-mississippi-student-is-found-dead-on-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">21-year-old Trey Reed<\/a>, a Black student at Delta State University in Cleveland, and Cory Zukatis, an unhoused White man in his 30s, in Vicksburg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police in Cleveland concluded Reed&#8217;s death was a suicide. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mississippi-hanging-delta-state-university-black-student-eb85af47098e1bedc43fa192b337fe2c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autopsy results<\/a> were consistent with a preliminary examination of the body by the Bolivar County coroner, which found no evidence of foul play.<\/p>\n<p>Reed&#8217;s family and their attorneys called for an independent autopsy and for authorities to share security camera recordings.<\/p>\n<p>The Mississippi State Medical Examiner determined Zukatis died by suicide.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div 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