Demartravion “Trey” Reed was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi. That sentence alone has enough deeply-rooted historical subtext to make even the most “wait for the facts” person unshakably pessimistic. BOSSIP previously reported on Reed’s disturbing demise on the Delta State University campus where the police were quick to rule his death a “suicide” and noted that there was no evidence of foul play.

Reed’s family and many people who have heard about the case on social media are understandably skeptical of that seemingly hasty assertion.

According to USAToday, Reed’s family has retained the legal services of Vanessa J. Jones who has announced that her firm will seek an independent autopsy of Demartravion’s body to determine if there is evidence of foul play that was either missed o

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