2026-09-25 15:48:39 美国东部时间 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
调查人员认为，今年夏天在密西西比州首府一处废弃住宅后方的树上被发现吊尸的这名黑人女性塔西娅·福琼，早在被吊起来前就已经死亡，一名侦探周五出庭作证。
杰克逊警方侦探塞缪尔·杜克斯出庭作证称，8月3日被发现的塔西娅·福琼的遗体被吊上树的行为是“伪造现场”，并援引了法医的鉴定意见。
当局尚未披露福琼的确切死因，但已将其死亡定性为凶杀，并逮捕了两名均为黑人的男子，指控他们犯有谋杀罪，同时还对第三名男子发出了逮捕令。
杜克斯还作证称，这起谋杀案的动机似乎是一起毒品纠纷。他表示，对其他人的采访显示，福琼在遇害前曾激烈反抗。
这起案件引发了广泛关注，因为案发现场让人联想到美国南部各州的私刑事件，该州有着漫长且饱受争议的种族暴力历史。
当局尚未说明他们为何认为被告在福琼死后将其遗体吊上树。
杜克斯是在针对51岁的贾克斯·拉特利夫的听证会上作出上述证词的，拉特利夫是本月早些时候该案第一名被逮捕的嫌疑人。拉特利夫已提出无罪抗辩，目前被关押在欣兹县监狱，不得保释。
此次听证会将于9月30日继续进行，目的是确定是否有足够证据将案件提交大陪审团，以考虑是否提起公诉。
警方于本周逮捕了第二名被告，25岁的小欧内斯特·劳埃德。
在周五的听证会上，拉特利夫称福琼曾是他的朋友。
福琼的母亲克里斯蒂·斯皮维表示，她的女儿育有四个孩子，近年来一直无家可归，她也不清楚福琼遇害时的居住地点。她还说，福琼曾谈及要创办一家清洁公司，并正在努力理顺自己的生活。
Tasia Fortune’s hanging was “staged” after her death, Mississippi police say
2026-09-25 15:48:39 EDT / CBS News
Investigators believe Tasia Fortune was already dead before the Black woman’s body was hanged from a tree behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective testified Friday.
The hanging of Tasia Fortune’s body, which was found on Aug. 3, was “staged,” Jackson police Det. Samuel Dukes testified, citing the medical examiner’s opinion.
Authorities haven’t disclosed the exact cause of Fortune’s death, but they did rule it a homicide and have arrested two men, both of them Black, on murder charges and issued a warrant for the arrest of a third person.
Dukes also testified that the motive for the killing appears to have been a drug dispute. He said interviews with others revealed that Fortune fought hard before she was killed.
The case has attracted widespread attention because the scene recalled lynchings in the Southern state, which has a long and troubled history of racial violence.
Authorities haven’t said why they believe the defendants hanged Fortune’s body after she was already dead.
Dukes testified at a hearing for Jarques Ratliff, 51, who was the first person arrested in the case earlier this month. Ratliff, who has pleaded not guilty, remains in custody in the Hinds County jail without bond.
The purpose of the hearing, which will resume Sept. 30, is to determine if there’s enough evidence to send the case to a grand jury for a possible indictment.
Police arrested the second defendant, 25-year-old Earnest Lloyd Jr., this week.
During Friday’s hearing, Ratliff said that Fortune had been a friend of his.
Fortune’s mother, Christy Spivey, has said her daughter, who had four children, struggled with homelessness in recent years, and that she wasn’t sure where Fortune was living at the time of her death. She said Fortune had talked about starting a cleaning business and was trying to get her life in order.
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