Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree.
Man arrested over killing of Tasia Fortune, found hanging from a tree last month Police have arrested Jarques Ratliff in connection with the murder of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree in Mississippi. Her death was ruled a homicide more than a month later, as US lawmakers demand federal probes into similar cases.
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