(NewsNation) — The family of a Black student found hanging from a tree on a Mississippi university campus is demanding an independent investigation into his death after local authorities said there was no evidence of foul play, and they have hired attorney Ben Crump to represent them.

Staff at Delta State University discovered a body identified to be 21-year-old Demartravion "Trey" Reed hanging near the pickleball courts on campus Monday morning, university police Chief Michael Peeler said during a news conference the day the body was found.

Reed was a student at the public university in the town of Cleveland, Mississippi.

The Bolivar County coroner said in a statement that a preliminary death investigation showed no sign of broken bones, evidence of an assault or anything that suggests

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