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JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Jackson police are investigating after a woman was found hanging from a tree Monday night in the backyard of an apparently vacant home along Road of Remembrance.
Officers responded to the 500 block of Road of Remembrance around 7:30 p.m., according to the Jackson Police Department.
Police have not released the woman’s identity, and the cause of death has not been determined.
The discovery has left neighbors shocked and disturbed.
Violet Wilson, who lives in the neighborhood, said she was heartbroken after learning a woman had been found dead in a backyard.
“It was heartbreaking,” Wilson said. “One, because they said she was found in a backyard not alive. God did not put us here to be done that way.”
Wilson said the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death were especially disturbing.
“It is unnatural in this lifetime. You don’t see things like that,” Wilson said.
Darian Johnson, another homeowner in the neighborhood, said the discovery has shaken the area, which he described as quiet and home to many older residents.
“It’s quiet. Older people live over here,” Johnson said. “So just to hear that happen, it got shook. Basically, it got the whole neighborhood shook because we never had that problem.”
Johnson said the incident has even caused some residents to reconsider whether they should remain in the neighborhood.
“It put me in a whole other stage like, man, should we still stay here or should we leave,” Johnson said.
The Hinds County coroner said the cause of death has not been determined and the woman’s body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office for further examination.
The coroner also confirmed to 16 WAPT News that a photograph showing the woman appears to have been taken at the scene.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Jackson Police Department.
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