MURDER CHARGE FILED AFTER BLACK WOMAN, 29, FOUND HANGING FROM TREE IN MISSISSIPPI

MURDER CHARGE FILED AFTER BLACK WOMAN, 29, FOUND HANGING FROM TREE IN MISSISSIPPI

More than a month after 29-year-old Tasia Fortune was found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi, police have announced a murder charge against 51-year-old Jarques Ratliff.

The case has drawn attention as investigators work to determine exactly what happened to Fortune and the circumstances surrounding her death.

Ratliff now faces a murder charge in connection with Fortune’s death, marking a major development in the investigation