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Pachamama

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7. Was there a toxicology report?

Reply to Jedi Guy (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:41 AM

Sep 2025

I disagree that there would have had to have been a struggle to prove it was a homicide.

And as I said - no black man would commit suicide by hanging from a tree. Wouldn’t do that. Not to at the very least their mother.

No way.

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Two Mississippi men were found dead, hanging from trees. What we know about both cases [View all] spanone Sep 2025 OP

Past the paywall UpInArms Sep 2025 #1

Thanks malaise Sep 2025 #2

Hard to believe. spanone Sep 2025 #5

No way would any black person commit suicide by hanging from a tree Pachamama Sep 2025 #3

The medical examiner has released a statement that Reed's body showed no evidence of violence. Jedi Guy Sep 2025 #6

Was there a toxicology report? Pachamama Sep 2025 #7

Toxicology reports generally take weeks, to the best of my knowledge. Jedi Guy Sep 2025 #9

What if he was choked while sleeping and later hanged? ecstatic Sep 2025 #8

Choking someone to death or even to unconsciousness leaves visible marks on the neck. Jedi Guy Sep 2025 #10

Who ever did this, Karma13612 Sep 2025 #11

See my post #10. Jedi Guy Sep 2025 #13

Ever heard of a garrotte? nt BWdem4life Sep 2025 #18

Yes, I have. My point still stands. Jedi Guy Sep 2025 #20

Yup, Karma13612 Sep 2025 #21

Suicide is more than 2x as frequent than murder in the US EdmondDantes_ Sep 2025 #15

If you believe the medicl examiner. Given the circumstances, if I were niyad Sep 2025 #12

Of course the family will demand an independent autopsy. Jedi Guy Sep 2025 #14

I am old, with a very good memory, and a very good knowledge of corruption niyad Sep 2025 #17

I never said you asserted that they lied. Jedi Guy Sep 2025 #19

"Strange Fruit" CTyankee Sep 2025 #4

Trey, Cory Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #16