Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute, Mississippi police say

Summary by The San Antonio Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Sophie Bates, Associated Press, as published by KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate) · September 25, 2026 · 1 min read

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Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a “staged” lynching behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective testified Friday. Fortune was killed in a disagreement about drugs, and she fought hard with her attackers b...

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