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Police Declare Tasia Fortune Death a Homicide Investigation

9/10/2026

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Police Chief RaShall Brackney announced agency is investigating Tasia Fortune’s death as homicide.
Police found Fortune’s body hanging from a tree on 3 August in a lot.
Christy Spivey, Fortune’s mother, says she still awaits answers from officials after a month.
A petition for a probe of medical examiner Dr Staci Turner has over 50,000 signatures.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett asked the DOJ to investigate the deaths as possible modern-day lynchings.

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Police Chief RaShall Brackney announced agency is investigating Tasia Fortune’s death as homicide.
Police found Fortune’s body hanging from a tree on 3 August in a lot.
Christy Spivey, Fortune’s mother, says she still awaits answers from officials after a month.
A petition for a probe of medical examiner Dr Staci Turner has over 50,000 signatures.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett asked the DOJ to investigate the deaths as possible modern-day lynchings.