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Family and community push for answers as Jackson police say Fortune’s death is being treated as a potential homicide and an autopsy is pending; amid a tense climate over racial violence in Mississippi, petitions and calls for federal scrutiny have grown.
On Aug. 6, 2026, the Hinds County Coroner identified 29-year-old Tasia Fortune as the woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant Jackson home on Aug. 3; authorities have not ruled out foul play and an autopsy will determine the cause and manner of death. Fortune’s family has launched a GoFundMe for burial expenses, and local officials have sought federal help, amid recent Mississippi cases of tree-hanging deaths that have sparked concerns about potential racially motivated violence.