Crump Demands Authorities to Release the Public's Surveillance Video of the Delta State Hanging Incident to Trey Reed's Family

From [HERE] Attorney Ben Crump is demanding that all video footage pertaining to the Delta State incident be shown to family.

On Monday, the body of Demartravion “Trey” Reed, 21, a Black student at Delta State, was found hanging from a tree on the university’s campus.

At a Wednesday press conference, authorities said there is footage of the incident.

“There are videos,” said Pike Peeler, Delta State’s Director of Public Safety, at a press conference on Wednesday. “They are in the hands of the investigative team.”

In a press release, Ben Crump, who has been retained by Reed’s family, said that all video footage in the investigation of Reed’s death should be shown to his family.

In an official statement from the Bolivar County Coroner’s Office, which was released late Monday evening, Coroner Randolph Seals said that based on their preliminary examination, Reed was not suffering from any lacerations, contusions, compound fractures, broken bones, or injuries consistent with assault.

Seals also stated that, at this time, there is no evidence to suggest Reed had been physically attacked before his death.

However, Crump says that Reed’s family has raised concerns after receiving what he says are conflicting accounts and incomplete information about the circumstances of his death.

Crump says he, the family, and their civil rights partners will also commission a separate, independent autopsy. This, he says, “to verify the findings of the state medical examiner and ensure no question goes unanswered.”

Preliminary results of Reed’s autopsy should be available within the next 24 hours, Director Peeler said during the Wednesday press conference at Delta State.