Delta State University hanging

[sally]

So this kid just decided to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree on campus? I guess anything is possible, but it’s rather bizarre.

[Duchess]

I'm always going to question the circumstances surrounding a black person being found hanging.

[sally]

Yeah obviously. I think there is more to the story.

[BigMark]

The noose travel's fast.

[Duchess]

Yeah obviously. I think there is more to the story.

I started reading a little about it, I haven't gotten very far...someone questioned how a guy with 2 broken legs could hang himself. Did you see that? That caused the ME to come out and said he didn't have any broken bones, cuts, abrasions, things of that nature. Not saying I believe that or disbelieve that.

[Duchess]

The family has hired an attorney (Ben Crump) to do an independent investigation. That’s a smart decision and probably the only way they will get answers.

[sally]

This isn’t getting much attention, but if his arm and legs were actually broken then I don’t see how he hung himself out of a tree. WTF.

[username]

I think the coroner’s office is disputing that he had any broken limbs/signs of trauma.

Shame I don’t trust anything these days.

[MirahM]

This is so disturbing. And even more disturbing that I read he did have bruising on his body. Wtf is going on.

[Duchess]

They are making it look like a murder is being covered up.

[sally]

They are, I’m not buying it.

[Duchess]

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/