CLEVELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Delta State University Public Safety, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) and local law enforcement will hold a news conference on Wednesday to discuss the investigation into the death of a Delta State University (DSU) student whose body was found hanging from a tree on September 15, 2025.

The body of De’Martravion “Trey” Reed, a 21-year-old, first-year student from Grenada, Mississippi, was found around 7:30 a.m., hanging from a tree near the pickleball courts.

The county coroner’s office arrived around 8:00 a.m. and pronounced Reed dead.

“Based on the preliminary examination, we can confirm that the deceased did not suffer any lacerations, contusions, compound fractures, broken bones, or injuries consistent with an assault,” the coroner’s office sai

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