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Jackson police say Tasia Fortune’s death is being investigated as a homicide

Jackson police are treating the death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune as a homicide while awaiting autopsy results from the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office. Her family and local officials are pressing for answers after Fortune was found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house.

September 11, 2026

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