JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Bond has been denied for the man charged in connection to the death of Tasia Fortune in Jackson. Jarques Ratliff made his initial appearance in court on September 14, 2026. He pled not guilty in connection to the case.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man charged with murder in the hanging of a Black woman in Mississippi pleaded not guilty Monday at his first court appearance. The body of Tasia Fortune, 29, was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in the state’s capital city, Jackson, on Aug. 3.
JACKSON, Miss. — The man arrested in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman who was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned Mississippi home last month, was denied bond after pleading not guilty to murder.