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Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute, Mississippi police say

Mississippi Today and WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a “staged” lynching behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective testified Friday.

The headline split WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland) frames it as "Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute, Mississippi polic...". Mississippi Today frames it as "Jackson police link Tasia Fortune killing to drug dispute".

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WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland)News report · Sep 25, 10:46 PM

Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute, Mississippi police say

Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a “staged” lynching behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective...

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Mississippi TodayNews report · Sep 25, 10:27 PM

Jackson police link Tasia Fortune killing to drug dispute

During a preliminary hearing, a Jackson police detective testified that Tasia Fortune, 29, was hung from a tree in west Jackson after she was killed because of a dispute over drugs.

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