Death of Black Mississippi student ruled a suicide after autopsy | Mississippi
The death of a black student whose body was found suspended from a tree on a Mississippi university campus this week was tried suicide after an autopsy, police said in a statement.
Demartravion “Trey” Reed, 21, was found dead early Monday near Pickleball Courts on the Delta State University campus in Cleveland, Mississippi, according to officials.
The defenders of civil rights had called for an in -depth and transparent investigation into death while noting the history of the lynching and racial violence of the Mississippi in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The authorities and investigators had previously declared that there was no evidence of unfair game. The local coroner office said earlier this week there was no evidence suggesting that Reed had been physically attacked or attacked before his death.
The Mississippi’s state -of -the -law doctor’s office led to an autopsy on Wednesday, “the conclusions, in accordance with the initial investigation, determining the cause of death and the death mode as suicide,” the Cleveland police service announced on Thursday, adding that the results of the toxicological tests were suspended and could take weeks.
The member of the Mississippi Democrat Congress, Bennie Thompson, previously called for a federal examination of the death of Reed.
All investigation files and equipment were given to the FBI and the American prosecutor’s office, said the Cleveland police service, adding that they were in contact with federal officials during the investigation.
The famous lawyer for civil rights Ben Crump has been kept by the Reed family. Crump said on Tuesday that the family “could not accept waves”.
The university said that several law enforcement organizations helped the investigation. The FBI said on Wednesday that it had been ready to investigate: “If, during the local investigation, information arises a potential federal violation”.
Last year, the Delta State University registrations amounted to more than 2,600 students, more than 40% of whom were black.
