Delta State student found hanging died by suicide, autopsy shows

A Black student found hanging from a tree on the campus of Delta State University died by suicide, according to the state medical examiner.

The Cleveland Police Department released an update Thursday afternoon – three days after the body of Demartravion “Trey” Reed was discovered by a university staffer on Monday morning – and said the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office had turned over the autopsy results.

“Findings were consistent with the initial investigation, determining the cause of death to be hanging and the manner of death as suicide,” a news release from the Cleveland Police Department reads. “Final toxicology results are pending and may take two to four weeks to complete.”

The death of Reed, 21, has raised questions and sparked speculation in a state with a history of