JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - On Monday, two hanging deaths were reported in Mississippi, one in Vicksburg and another on the campus of Delta State University.

Around 7 a.m., the body of Demartravion “Trey” Reed, 21, a Black student at Delta State, was found hanging from a tree on the university’s campus.

In an official statement from the Bolivar County Coroner’s Office, Coroner Randolph Seals said that Reed was not suffering from any lacerations, contusions, compound fractures, broken bones, or injuries consistent with assault.

Seals said the incident took place sometime on Sunday.

He also stated that, at this time, there is no evidence to suggest Reed had been physically attacked before his death.

Randolph is not saying if it was a homicide or a suicide, just that it is an ongoing death

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