Wednesday, September 23, 2026

JPD Arrest Second Suspect in Hanging Death

Catch & Release! Squawk! 

JPD issued the following statement. 

On August 3, 2026, the body of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune was discovered in the 500 block of Road of Remembrance in Jackson. Fortune was found in a hanging position from a tree behind a vacant house.

Investigators immediately began working to determine the circumstances surrounding her death. Since that day, our department has dedicated hundreds of hours to the investigation. Detectives have interviewed as many as 15 individuals, collected and preserved forensic evidence, and followed numerous leads in an effort to establish the facts of this case.


Today, Tuesday, September 22, 2026, investigators arrested a second suspect, 25-year- old Earnest Lloyd Jr. Lloyd was charged with murder for his alleged role in Fortune’s death.

Detectives have also obtained an arrest warrant for a third suspect. That individual’s name is not being released at this time. The warrant has been turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service for service.

Kingfish note: JPD arrested Lloyd for aggravated assault in 2023 but he was never indicted. 




17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ben ? Al ?

Anonymous said...

Not within their client profile.

Anonymous said...

Hopefully their true motive will come to light. I have my suspicions.

Anonymous said...

They are too busy dividing up their GoFundMe proceeds.

Anonymous said...

Her mother is ummmmm white. FTR.

Anonymous said...

Who remembers that weekend when the “Black Panthers” came to town and marched thru the streets with their Temu ARs? That was hilarious. And for what?

WISEOWL said...

Why would they hang this woman? That is a lot of work. What could she have done to have this done?

Anonymous said...

This isn't fitting the narrative....

Anonymous said...

She could owe them drug money, she could be an informant/snitch, she could have "disrespekted" them...you cant really apply logic here Wiseowl.

Anonymous said...

Part time DA too busy playing kingpin to indict?

Anonymous said...

Ben Crump is conspicuously absent - busy parading a grieving mother on the coast. Not attempting to seek justice for a brutal murder where evidence actually exists.

Anonymous said...

I suspect that she was killed before, and then hanged as a diversion, i.e. red herring.

Anonymous said...

Either way the geniuses of Jackson, the propaganda machines, and white saviors still think there’s roving gangs of klansmen running around lynching people and this guy is patsy number 2 for the klan. Never mind the other homicides will literally have the klan kickin up dust in the Ditions.

Anonymous said...

Another crackhead. Why would being in the split of a tree with a cable cord tied around your neck mocking a hanging and drugs in your system and cause of death be anything but hanging be considered hanging? Help us to understand.

Anonymous said...

Go Fund Me shows 180K of 190K donated.

Anonymous said...

Update: There are 4 Go Fund Me accounts.

Anonymous said...

There aren't?


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