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Jackson police arrest man in killing of Tasia Fortune

newsSep 11, 202631369

Jackson, Mississippi police arrested 51-year-old Jarques Ratliff on Friday and charged him with murder in the death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune after the state medical examiner ruled her death a homicide. Fortune was found on August 3 in a hanging position behind an abandoned house, with her body showing various states of decomposition, Chief RaShall Brackney said. Brackney said investigators secured two search warrants and an arrest warrant, attempted to serve a search warrant at a location where they could not find Ratliff, then arrested him walking along a city street after returning to police headquarters. Jackson investigators have interviewed nearly 15 people, collected forensic evidence and followed leads, and the chief said the arrest is an important development but not the conclusion of the probe. Brackney said Ratliff had an association with Fortune but declined to provide further details. The chief said more arrest warrants could be served and that the homicide investigation remains active.

The Associated Press
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Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month.

2652h ago
exposurejb.bsky.social12

Medical examination determined Tasia Fortune's death was a homicide. AP the man has a name. The man arrested was 51yo Jacques Ratliff. This was the first arrest more are to come.

Paul Allen6

What the hell is wrong with the US, that you feel this way towards OTHERS, omg.

🌙Moon Wink✨3

He and his accomplices cannot suffer enough for what they have done. Pls share this.

Madison2

If he is the murderer, I hope he gets the death penalty by hanging.

💙Joani in the sky with cubic zirconia 💙1

Black ppl do NOT commit suicide by hanging from a tree. That’s lynching which the KKK favors. We need to punish more of these people and ban the KKK AND the confederate flag and monuments! They were traitors.

ivegonecrazy.bsky.social1

The asshole in Chief will probably pardon him

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Luca Migo18

Enough hypocrisy, those “mysterious hangings” surely look more like lynchings than anything else. Black lives matter! youtu.be/-DGY9HvChXk?...

Melissa Brownstein RN/Bluewater Psychic, Certified Wound Nurse5

I hope he gets the death penalty for hanging a black woman to a tree, but first he needs to be Castrated.....

MisterJayEm2

Christy Spivey, Fortune’s mother, said she did not know the man who had been arrested.

The Emancipator
@theemancipator.org

Authorities have made at least one arrest, and more warrants are expected, in the case of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, last month.

132h ago
The Emancipator2

Her death has drawn “strange fruit” comparisons as details emerge in the ongoing investigation. Her mother, Christy Spivey, has insisted: “She did not do this to herself."

packdog430.bsky.social1

There is no rationale to any black person in the south, especially,committing suicide by hanging of all things. There needs to be many more cases revisited these past few years and independent autopsies.

Betsy Cazden1

This is good news, and completely due to activists, family members, and organizations like yours pushing back hard on the official "suicide" claims for all these hangings. Thank you, and keep pushing. #StopTheLynchings #StrangeFruit

jdkiff.bsky.social
@jdkiff.bsky.social

Finally. No one - especially women, especially black women - hangs themself from a tree in the South. But this will not be buried or dismissed. Tasia Fortune, rest in peace.

253h ago
HuffPost
@huffpost.com

“The arrest today is an important development in this investigation, but it is not the conclusion,” Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney said.

72h ago
Scott Kelley Ernest - CEPI x HEIR | #mtpol 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
@mxscottkernest.bsky.social

Arrest made after Black woman's hanging death in red state ruled a homicide www.rawstory.com/tasia-fortune/

111h ago
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Scott Kelley Ernest - CEPI x HEIR | #mtpol 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️4

So why havent they identified him yet?

Sailor Michael
@sailormichael.bsky.social

Jackson police provide major update in death of Tasia Fortune www.wlox.com/2026/09/11/j...

83h ago
Just Jen1

Tasia is still loved and missed. 💔🧸

Black Intellect Media
@blackintellect.bsky.social

Arrest Made in the Tasia Fortune Hanging Death After Homicide Ruling, Jackson, Mississippi Police Say. Reporting by @gracemarion.bsky.social www.mississippifreepress.org/arrest-made-...

51h ago
Bathsheba in Blue
@bathshebablue.bsky.social

Here’s a non paywalled article. His name was Jacques Ratliff. The coroner only ruled it a homocide yesterday for some reason, so he was arrested today apple.news/A6K6jY01ZRLO...

62h ago
Mississippi Today
@mississippitoday.org

Jackson police make first arrest in killing of Tasia Fortune, who was found hanging from a tree The Jackson Police Department arrested 51-year-old man Jarques Ratliff on Friday in the killing of Tasia Fortune, a… https://mississippitoday.org/2026/09/11/tasia-fortune-jackson-police-arrest/

42h ago
Craig Bruce 💚💙
@craigbruce68.bsky.social

Man arrested in connection with death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi - NBC News apple.news/A6K6jY01ZRLO...

31h ago
Emily Gorcenski
@emily.gorcen.ski

1. Good. Glad they have a suspect in this case. 2. I did a spittake reading the police chief’s name, and other cville folks will, too

61h ago
Dee
@dlawson382.bsky.social

🚨 Mississippi police make arrest following medical examiner ruling that Black woman's death was a homicide. Tasia Fortune was found hanging from a tree. www.cnn.com/2026/09/11/u...

43h ago
Bob
@definitelyjustbob.bsky.social

“We understand the questions and the desire for answers given Mississippi’s history.” It. Was. A. Lynching.

31h ago
BlackskyNews 🗞️
@blackskynews.blacksky.app

A day after Tasia Fortune's death was ruled a homicide, Jackson, MS PD arrested Jacque Ratliff in connection with the case. Fortune's body was found hanging from a tree on August 3. Jackson PD says more arrests will be pending. | Rounak Bagchi www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-... #BlackskyNews

21h ago
Susan Pennington
@spennington.bsky.social

Homicide detectives arrest man over death of Black woman found hanging from tree in Mississippi Source: The Independent share.newsbreak.com/jkf7heyg

11h ago
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cnn.comMississippi police make arrest in Tasia Fortune case after medical examiner rules death a homicide | CNNwlox.comJackson police provide major update in death of Tasia Fortunemississippitoday.orgJackson police make first arrest in killing of Tasia Fortune, who was found hanging from a tree

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