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Colin Kaepernick Steps In on Delta State Student's Death

Former NFL star will fund second autopsy for Trey Reed after family balks at suicide finding

(Newser) - Colin Kaepernick is footing the bill for an independent autopsy in the case of De'Martravion "Trey" Reed, a Delta State University student whose death by hanging was ruled a suicide earlier this week. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing Reed's family, announced on Friday that Kaepernick'...

Black Student Found Hanging Took His Own Life: Autopsy

Black student's body was found hanging from tree at Mississippi's Delta State University

(Newser) - Trey Reed took his own life on the campus of Mississippi's Delta State University, Cleveland Chief of Police Travis Tribble now says, after the 21-year-old Black student's body was found hanging from a tree there on Monday, report the Mississippi Free Press and the AP . A statement announcing...

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