A third person has been arrested in the death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune in Jackson, Mississippi. Investigators said the scene where her body was found hanging had been staged. Eric Clark, 45, surrendered to authorities on Friday and was charged with murder, according to the Jackson police department (JPD). Clark was scheduled to make a court appearance on Monday. Police said an autopsy concluded "the scene and the hanging were staged." Authorities did not release additional information about the circumstances surrounding Fortune’s killing or why investigators believe the scene was faked. Clark’s arrest comes after two other men, Earnest Lloyd Jr and Jarques Ratliff, were charged with murder in connection with Fortune’s death. The case leading to the arrests of Clark, Lloyd Jr and Ratliff had drawn national attention because of the severity of Fortune’s killing and Mississippi’s history of racist violence and lynchings. Clark, Lloyd Jr, Ratliff, and Fortune are all Black. Tasia Fortune, a mother of four, was discovered on 3 August hanging from a tree behind a vacant home on the 500 block of Road of Remembrance in the western part of Jackson. Investigators have said Fortune was not killed at the location where her body was found. JPD detective Samuel Dukes previously described Fortune’s hanging in court as "staged," saying investigators believe she was killed somewhere else before her body was placed in a hanging position in the tree on Road of Remembrance. He added investigators determined Fortune had been dead for two to three days before her body was discovered. Police have released few details about the events leading to Fortune’s death. Detectives have interviewed as many as 15 people, according to the police news release. Local TV news station WLBT reported an alleged physical altercation between Lloyd, 25, and Fortune that occurred shortly before her death. Police accused Lloyd of using a black cable cord to hang Fortune, according to WLBT. Ratliff and Lloyd have both reportedly pleaded not guilty. Each has been denied bond. Fortune’s mother, Christy Spivey, has said she was certain her daughter would not have killed herself. Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four, was found hanging from a tree at an abandoned home in Jackson in August. The discovery sparked widespread fears in the majority-Black city because of the state's deep history of racial violence and lynchings. But on Friday, police said that Fortune had been dead before her body was hanged from the tree. "I have more questions now than what I did before," her mother Christy Spivey told the BBC. The Jackson Police Department said that the medical examiner who conducted Fortune's post-mortem examination had determined that her death was a homicide and that "the scene and the hanging were staged." Officials have not disclosed the exact cause of death or shared any potential motive behind the allegedly staged hanging. Three people have been arrested in the case, all of whom are Black. "I was hoping to be more relieved," Spivey said, adding that the police had not specified how the three suspects were connected to her daughter—or why her death was allegedly staged in this way. "Still no cause of death, no date of death—nothing," she said. "What actually killed her?" Fortune's death left the local community on edge and lawmakers demanding federal probes. But the latest developments have created more confusion. Spivey told the BBC that getting the update from the coroner that her daughter did not die by hanging initially gave her peace—at least her daughter did not die in such a gruesome manner, she thought. "When the police called me, I started crying and thanked them and felt a little more at peace than I had before," she said. "I just hope they've got the right person/people." When the latest details surrounding her death emerged this week, she said she was "starting to break down." Police told a court on Friday that Fortune's death was thought to be as a result of a drug-related dispute. A detective said Fortune may have been killed over allegations she stole drugs. Spivey rejected those allegations, but did acknowledge her daughter suffered from addiction. "Tasia has an addiction—had—an addiction problem. She was trying to get better," Spivey said. "If she still was doing drugs, which I'm sure she probably was, she still didn't deserve to be done like that. Nobody does." She said her daughter was homeless at the time of her death, but typically bounced around other people's homes. Her four sons, whose ages range from one to seven, are now living with a mix of family and friends. Two are in the process of being adopted.