The investigation into the death of a 21-year-old Black student discovered hanging from a tree at Delta State University in Mississippi remains an "active investigation," officials said on Wednesday as the school's president acknowledged the incident has stoked tensions on campus and stirred up memories of the racist violence of the state's Jim Crow-era history.
The body of the student, identified as Demartravion "Trey" Reed, was discovered by a faculty member on Monday hanging from a tree near the pickleball courts on the Cleveland, Mississippi, campus, according to the campus police department.
Reed's body has been taken to the Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office and that a full autopsy is being conducted, according to Delta State Police Chief Michael Peeler.
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