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The family of Demartravion “Trey” Reed , a 21-year-old Black college student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, is seeking answers after receiving conflicting information about his death from authorities, per PEOPLE .

On Monday (September 15), Reed was found hanging from a tree near the university’s pickleball courts in Cleveland, Mississippi.

Police and university officials maintain there is no evidence of foul play. However, attorneys for Reed’s family said police initially told them that the 21-year-old had died in his dorm room.

“The family does not know exactly what happened on Sept. 15, 2025,” Vanessa J. Jones , one of the family’s attorneys, said. “We are seeking answers.”

Reed’s grandfather, J.B. Reed , said a Bolivar County Sheriff’s Department of

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