The family of a 21-year-old Black student found dead at Delta State University in Mississippi is demanding answers after police allegedly gave them conflicting information about where his body was discovered. Demartravion “Trey” Reed was found hanging from a tree on campus on Monday morning, but his family says they were initially told something completely different.
Attorney Vanessa Jones, who represents the Reed family, held a press conference Tuesday to address what she called serious inconsistencies in the official account of Reed’s death. The family has retained civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to lead an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the student’s death.
