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The police department in Cleveland, where the campus is located,
announced the findings in a news release. It said the autopsy
results were consistent with a preliminary examination of the
body by the Bolivar County coroner, which found no evidence of
foul play.
The 21-year-old student's death, discovered early Monday,
immediately ignited strong emotions in a Southern state with a
history of racist violence.
Even before the autopsy results were announced, the student's
family and their lawyers had called for an independent autopsy
and implored police to show them any security camera recordings
and other video gathered as evidence. Civil rights attorney Ben
Crump has said he will lead an independent investigation.
Crump's office did not immediately return an email message
seeking comment Thursday.
Cleveland police released no details of the autopsy's findings
other than to say the cause of death was hanging and the manner
of death had been ruled a suicide. It said results of toxicology
tests are still pending and could take weeks.
The statement said police are still investigating the student's
death and that evidentiary files in the case are being shared
with the FBI and federal prosecutors.
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, had
previously called on the FBI to investigate.
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