Police question person of interest after Mississippi woman found hanging from tree

U.S. newsPerson of interest questioned after Mississippi woman found hanging from a treeTasia Fortune’s mother says she was “at peace” during the last time they saw each other and does not believe her daughter took her own life.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00A Jackson Police car at the Jackson Police Department headquarters in Jackson, Miss., on June 2.Ayrton Breckenridge / The Clarion Ledger / USA Today Network via Reuters fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleAug. 10, 2026, 3:20 PM EDTBy Minyvonne BurkeA 29-year-old Black woman from Mississippi was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Jackson last week. The body was discovered Aug. 3 in the 500 block of Road of Remembrance, the Jackson Police Department said in a statement.The Hinds County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as Tasia Fortune. Police said the circumstances surrounding her death remain under investigation.“This is an active and ongoing investigation,” the police department said. “We will provide updates as new details develop.”Terence Anderson, 65, who is said to be a person of interest in connection with Fortune’s death, was taken into custody on an unrelated weapons charge, Jackson NBC affiliate WLBT reported. Anderson’s brother, Tony Anderson, confirmed the arrest to NBC News. He said Fortune and his brother have a 5-year-old son together and that the child lived with Terence.He also said he does not think his brother was involved in Fortune’s death. “Sometimes they’ll have a few occasions where they may get into it or whatever, but that was about it,” Tony Anderson said. “They had their good days, their bad days, but I don’t think he done nothing like that. The autopsy will tell actually what happened to her.”Christy Spivey, Fortune’s mother, told ABC News that she last saw her daughter on July 26 at a family reunion in Kentucky. “This has just devastated us,” she said, remembering her daughter as someone who “was strong-minded” and “full of laughs and love.”Spiv...