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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sophie Bates

Judge sets $5M bond for third man charged in death of Black woman whose body was later hung in tree

Mississippi Woman Hanging - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A Mississippi judge set a $5 million bond Monday for a third man charged in the death of a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in August.

Police disclosed Friday that Tasia Fortune, 29, was killed before her body was placed in a tree behind an abandoned house in Jackson.

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