Black Student Found Hanging From Tree at Delta State University; Police Report No Evidence of Foul Play

A Black student was found hanging from a tree. Police say there’s no sign of foul play

Police on Tuesday were investigating the death of a Black college student found hanging from a tree on the campus of Delta State University in Mississippi, stirring online rumors that evoked the state’s history of Jim Crow-era racist violence even as authorities said there was no initial evidence of a crime.

Black student found hanging from tree on Mississippi college campus

JACKSON, Miss. — Police on Tuesday were investigating the death of a Black college student found hanging from a tree on the campus of Delta State University in Mississippi, stirring online rumors that evoked the state’s history of Jim Crow-era racist violence even as authorities said there was no initial evidence of a crime.

Black Mississippi College Student Found Hanging in Tree

GRENADA, Miss.—The family of Demartravion “Trey” Reed is seeking an independent autopsy following the Delta State University student’s death on Monday, when his body was found hanging in a tree on campus. At a press event at Living Faith Miracle Temple Church of God in Christ in Grenada late Tuesday afternoon, Vanessa J. Jones of the Jones Law Firm, who is representing the Reed family, told the media that the family is still waiting for answers.…

Black student ‘Trey’ Reed found hanging at Mississippi’s Delta State campus, sparks FBI calls and independent probe

A 21-year-old Black student, Trey Reed, was found hanging on Delta State’s campus in Mississippi.

What we know about the hanging deaths of two men in Mississippi

What we know about the hanging deaths of two men in Mississippi JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – On Monday, two hanging deaths were reported in Mississippi, one in Vicksburg and another on the campus of Delta State University. Around 7 a.m., the body of Demartravion “Trey” Reed, 21, a Black student at Delta State, was found hanging from a tree on the university’s campus. Demartravion “Trey” Reed(Family) Coroner’s Preliminary Findings In an official stat…

Delta State University president says he is aware of developments in hanging of Black man

Trey Reed Reed was found hanging from a tree on campus Sept. 15. The Bolivar County Coroner has ruled it to be suicide of the Black man from Grenada.