A 51-year-old man was previously arrested for his alleged role in the death of the 29-year-old who was found dead ...

A Mississippi man pleaded not guilty on Sept. 14 in the death of a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree, a case that drew national attention and renewed concerns because of the state's ...

Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney told reporters on Sept. 11 that officers arrested a man Friday and other arrests could follow. Brackney said there would be a charge of murder in the case.

More than a month after Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi, a suspect charged with murder in connection with her ...

Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month.

“We owe it to Ms. Fortune, to her family and to the integrity of this investigation to let the evidence guide us,” Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney said.

Jarques Ratliff was charged in Tasia Fortune's hanging death in Jackson, Mississippi, but multiple outlets initially omitted key facts about him.

A man was nabbed Friday in the horrific hanging of a black mother of four in Mississippi — just a day after state medical examiners classified her death a homicide. Jacques Ratliff, 51, was cuffed by ...

Fortune was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 3.

Police said Friday that Tasia Fortune, 29, was killed before her body was placed in a tree behind an abandoned house in Jackson.

Tasia Fortune's body was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Jackson, Mississippi, last month. JACKSON, Miss — A man charged with murder in the hanging death of a woman in ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Bond has been denied for the man charged in connection to the death of Tasia Fortune in Jackson. Jarques Ratliff made his initial appearance in court on September 14, 2026.