MISSISSIPPI POLICE MAKE A SECOND ARREST IN THE DEATH OF A WOMAN FOUND HANGING FROM A TREE — THIRD SUSPECT SOUGHT
Posted by Team - September 24, 2026
JACKSON, Miss. — Police in Mississippi have arrested a second man in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree and have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect.
Jackson police said late Tuesday that they arrested 25-year-old Earnest Lloyd Jr. in the death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, whose body was found hanging behind an abandoned home in the city on Aug. 3.
Like Fortune and the first man arrested, 51-year-old Jarques Ratliff, Lloyd is Black.
Ratliff was arrested in September on murder charges.
He pleaded not guilty and remains jailed without bond.
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JACKSON, Miss. — Police in Mississippi have arrested a second man in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree and have issued an…