Shock and heartbreak have gripped Mississippi after the body of 21-year-old Black student Demartravion “Trey” Reed was found hanging from a tree on the Delta State University campus. Officials quickly ruled the death a suicide, but the family isn’t buying it—and now their fight for answers is gaining national attention.

Authorities said there were no signs of foul play, but Reed’s relatives insist the story doesn’t add up. They say they were first told Trey was found in his dorm room, not outside hanging from a tree. That contradiction, paired with Mississippi’s painful history of racial violence, has ignited outrage in the community.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has taken on the case, calling for full transparency and demanding access to all campus surveillance footage. And in a s

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