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Lloyd is charged with murder in Fortune's death.
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Earnest Lloyd Jr., 25, was charged with murder in Jackson, Miss., in the death of Tasia Fortune, 29. This is a second arrest.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A murder charge is an accusation. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, Jackson police arrested Lloyd, 25, and charged him with murder for an alleged role in the death of Tasia Fortune, 29. Her body was found Aug. 3, 2026, in a hanging position behind an abandoned or vacant home in Jackson, and police are investigating the death as a homicide. Chief RaShall Brackney said Fortune was found in a hanging position and would not confirm hanging as the cause of death.
Jarques Ratliff, 51, was charged first. He was arrested Sept. 11 on a murder charge, pleaded not guilty Sept. 14 in Jackson Municipal Court, and was jailed without bond as a flight risk. A not-guilty plea is the plea. A no-bond order is custody. Neither is a finding that Ratliff killed Fortune, and neither is a finding about Lloyd. Lloyd's Tuesday arrest is a second accusation in the same investigation. It is not a conviction, and it does not turn Ratliff's plea into an admission.
Police obtained an arrest warrant for a third suspect who has not been named and turned that warrant over to the U.S. Marshals. Additional warrants are possible. An unnamed warrant is not a named defendant. The Associated Press reported that Lloyd, Ratliff, and Fortune are Black. Police have not stated a motive, and they have not said whether race played a role. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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