Police make 2nd arrest in death of woman found hanging from tree

Christy Spivey poses with a portrait of her late daughter, Tasia Fortune, in Marion, Ky.

Arrest and charges

Mississippi police have arrested a second suspect in connection with Fortune's hanging death in August. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Police in Mississippi have arrested a second man in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree and have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect.

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