National groups, officials call for closer look into 2 MS hanging deaths

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Two men were found dead, hanging from trees in separate incidents in Mississippi on the same day.

The death of Demartravion Reed, a Black student, was initially ruled a suicide, but his family and civil rights groups are calling for further investigation.

The second man, Cory Zukatis, was a white homeless man, and police do not believe the two deaths are related.

Multiple civil rights organizations and a U.S. Representative have called for transparent and federal investigations, citing Mississippi's history of racial violence.

Two deaths in Mississippi are getting national attention. A Black student at Delta State University and a white homeless man in Vicksburg were both found dead on Monday, Sept. 15, hanging from trees.

Both cases have drawn widespread att