Arrest Made in Mississippi Woman's Hanging Death as Homicide Case Advances

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Jackson, Miss. police arrested 51-year-old Jacques Ratliff in the homicide death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four found hanging behind a vacant Jackson home last month; the state medical examiner ruled Fortune’s death a homicide, enabling warrants and further arrests as investigators pursue evidence, with motive not publicly disclosed and the case drawing attention to Mississippi’s history of racial violence.
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- Jackson police provide major update in death of Tasia Fortune WLBT
- Man arrested in Tasia Fortune case, additional arrests pending WJTV
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