All eyes are in Mississippi this week after two men were found dead, hanging from trees on Monday, Sept. 15, just hours apart. Investigations into both deaths are ongoing.
Demartravion "Trey" Reed , 21, of Grenada, was found early in the day on the Delta State University campus in Cleveland. The young Black man was a student, and investigators initially ruled his death a suicide.
Cory Zukatis, 36, of Brandon, was found later in the day near a Vicksburg casino. Police are still investigating the death.
Investigators say misinformation about both men is spreading online fast, including what the Bolivar County coroner described as inaccuracies about Reed's limbs being broken. Many people shared photos of the wrong Cory Zukatis in relation to the stories.
The cases have drawn national