Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was found dangling from a tree in a “staged” lynching behind an abandoned home in Jackson this summer, a detective testified Friday.
Sophie Bates
Sophie Bates is The Associated Press's new video journalist in Mississippi. Sophie joins from the ABC affiliate in Toledo, Ohio, where she works as a multimedia journalist. Sophie is an aggressive reporter whose role in Ohio is a mix of breaking news and deeper off-the-news investigative stories. She recently worked on a five-part investigative series on homelessness and affordable housing in the Toledo area.
