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The family of a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss., is requesting an independent autopsy to identify the true cause of death.
Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s lifeless body was found at 7:05 a.m. on Monday, campus police said. Investigators said there was no evidence of foul play.
“We will seek answers independently from Delta State University and from the coroner’s office and, if need be, independent from the state coroner’s office because we need answers as to what happened to Trey Reed,” family attorney Vanessa J. Jones said in a statement, as reported by USA Today.
“Were there cameras? There should have been cameras at the university that could easily enlighten us to what happened in the early morning of September 15, 2025,” she added.
A similar case was reported around the same time last year in North Carolina when Javion Malik Magee was found dead and police ruled it a suicide by hanging.
Reed’s death sent shockwaves through the school’s online community and national organizations as those who knew him mourned the loss of the 21-year-old.
“Trey Reed was a young man full of promise and warmth, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday on social platform X. “His family and the campus community deserve a full, independent investigation to uncover the truth about what happened.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch...s-autopsy/
Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s lifeless body was found at 7:05 a.m. on Monday, campus police said. Investigators said there was no evidence of foul play.
“We will seek answers independently from Delta State University and from the coroner’s office and, if need be, independent from the state coroner’s office because we need answers as to what happened to Trey Reed,” family attorney Vanessa J. Jones said in a statement, as reported by USA Today.
“Were there cameras? There should have been cameras at the university that could easily enlighten us to what happened in the early morning of September 15, 2025,” she added.
A similar case was reported around the same time last year in North Carolina when Javion Malik Magee was found dead and police ruled it a suicide by hanging.
Reed’s death sent shockwaves through the school’s online community and national organizations as those who knew him mourned the loss of the 21-year-old.
“Trey Reed was a young man full of promise and warmth, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday on social platform X. “His family and the campus community deserve a full, independent investigation to uncover the truth about what happened.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch...s-autopsy/
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