Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocidePolice in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house last month. The arrest came after the medical examiner classified Tasia Fortune’s death as a homicide on Thursday Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocidePolice in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree behind a v...S1

• The arrest came after the medical examiner classified Tasia Fortune’s death as a homicide on ThursdayS2S5

• The body of Tasia Fortune was discovered hanging in the backyard of an abandoned home in Jackson, Mississippi on August 3 - the death has since been ruled as a homicideS3

• Tasia Fortune's body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August.S4