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Gone quiet · last update Sep 25, 2026 / Mississippi

The hanging death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi and the arrests that followed

Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026

On August 3, 2026, Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2] Her mother said her daughter "did not do this to herself," and her community demanded a thorough investigation.[2][3] In September police charged three men with murder, and investigators said an autopsy found she had been dead for days before her body was discovered.[4][5][6]

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Her mother said her daughter "did not do this to herself," and her community demanded a thorough investigation.[2][3] In September police charged three men with murder, and investigators said an autopsy found she had been dead for days before her body was discovered.[4][5][6]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)

Week of 2026-08-03 (UTC): 1%, 5 of 537 tracked outlets (1 left, 3 center, 1 right)Week of 2026-08-10 (UTC): 4%, 20 of 545 tracked outlets (7 left, 9 center, 4 right)Week of 2026-08-17 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-24 (UTC): under 1%, 1 of 466 tracked outlets (0 left, 1 center, 0 right)Week of 2026-08-31 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-09-07 (UTC): 6%, 29 of 480 tracked outlets (7 left, 18 center, 4 right)Week of 2026-09-14 (UTC): 4%, 20 of 480 tracked outlets (5 left, 14 center, 1 right)Week of 2026-09-21 (UTC): 6%, 28 of 479 tracked outlets (9 left, 14 center, 5 right)Week of 2026-09-28 (UTC): under 1%, 1 of 476 tracked outlets (0 left, 1 center, 0 right)Week of 2026-10-05 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-12 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-19 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-26 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-11-02 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-11-09 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outlets, so far

LeftCenterRightLighter bar: this week so far

Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 2 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (7 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Sep 28, 20260101 of 476under 1%
Sep 21, 2026914528 of 4796%
Sep 14, 2026514120 of 4804%
Sep 7, 2026718429 of 4806%
Aug 24, 20260101 of 466under 1%
Aug 10, 202679420 of 5454%
Aug 3, 20261315 of 5371%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Sep 25, 2026 · first reported · Headline from BRPROUD Baton Rouge

    Hearing for man charged in Tasia Fortune's death recessed until September 30

Background

A Jackson city councilman asked the US attorney's office for help with the case,[1] and police at first did not say whether they considered the death suspicious.[7] Residents marched through the neighborhood to call attention to violence against women.[8] On September 11 Police Chief RaShall Brackney announced the first arrest;[4] the man pleaded not guilty to murder.[9] Earnest Lloyd Jr., 25, was arrested on September 22,[5] and Eric Clark, 45, became the third person charged.[6] A preliminary hearing for one defendant, Jarques Ratliff, was recessed.[10]

Supporting stories (10)
  1. Woman found hanging from tree behind Jackson home identified
  2. 'She did not do this to herself': Mother of Black woman found hanging in Mississippi says
  3. Police question person of interest after Mississippi woman found hanging from tree
  4. What we know as a man charged in Tasia Fortune’s death heads to court
  5. Mississippi police make 2nd arrest in death of Black woman found hanging from tree, seek 3rd suspect
  6. Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' in 'drug case gone very wrong': Police chief
  7. What we know about the death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi
  8. Group marches on Road of Remembrance to after hanging death of Tasia Fortune
  9. Man pleads not guilty in the hanging death of a Mississippi woman
  10. Hearing for man charged in Tasia Fortune's death recessed until September 30

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 10 recorded updates

September 2026

  1. Hearing for man charged in Tasia Fortune's death recessed until September 30Headline from WJTV Jackson · 1 outlet
  2. Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' in 'drug case gone very wrong': Police chiefHeadline from ABC 7 Los Angeles · 25 outlets
  3. Mississippi police make 2nd arrest in death of Black woman found hanging from tree, seek 3rd suspectHeadline from WDIO Duluth · 18 outlets
  4. Man pleads not guilty in the hanging death of a Mississippi womanHeadline from Bangor Daily News · 12 outlets
  5. What we know as a man charged in Tasia Fortune’s death heads to courtHeadline from KEYT Santa Barbara · 32 outlets

August 2026

  1. Group marches on Road of Remembrance to after hanging death of Tasia FortuneHeadline from WDBD Fox 40 Jackson MS · 1 outlet
  2. What we know about the death of Tasia Fortune in MississippiHeadline from Bangor Daily News · 16 outlets
  3. 'She did not do this to herself': Mother of Black woman found hanging in Mississippi saysHeadline from ABC 7 Los Angeles · 2 outlets
  4. Police question person of interest after Mississippi woman found hanging from treeHeadline from NBC News · 5 outlets
  5. Woman found hanging from tree behind Jackson home identifiedHeadline from WDBD Fox 40 Jackson MS · 3 outlets

Coverage & sources

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