(The Hill) -- The family of a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, is requesting an independent autopsy to identify the true cause of death.

Demartravion "Trey" Reed’s lifeless body was found at 7:05 a.m. on Monday, campus police said. Investigators said there was no evidence of foul play.

"We will seek answers independently from Delta State University and from the coroner's office and, if need be, independent from the state coroner's office because we need answers as to what happened to Trey Reed," family attorney Vanessa J. Jones said in a statement, as reported by USA Today.

A similar case was reported around the same time last year in North Carolina when Javion Malik Magee was found dead and police ruled it a suicide by hanging

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