A man is charged with murder in Mississippi.

A Black woman died by hanging.

He said he is not guilty on Monday.

It was his first court appearance.

The woman was Tasia Fortune.

She was 29 years old.

Her body was found on Aug. 3.

It hung from a tree.

The tree was behind an empty home in Jackson.

Police arrested Jarques Ratliff on Friday.

He is 51 years old.

The state medical examiner said her death was a homicide.

Ratliff is also Black.

The hearing was short.

It was in Municipal Court on Monday.

A judge said no bond for Ratliff.

Ratliff told the court he is not guilty.

Ratliff's lawyer left the courthouse.

The lawyer did not talk to reporters.

Police Chief RaShall Brackney spoke on Friday.

She said Ratliff had a link to Fortune.

She did not say more.

She also said more arrests will come.

Prosecutors said little new in court on Monday.

They said Fortune was hanged with a black cable cord.

They said Ratliff tried to hide from police.

He hid in a vehicle on the day of his arrest.

Police and prosecutors have not given a motive.

They have not said if race played a role.

The case has drawn wide attention.

The way Fortune died recalled lynchings in the Southern state.

Fortune's mother is Christy Spivey.

She said her daughter had a Black father and a white mother.

She said her daughter identified as Black.

Spivey said Fortune lived in Jackson for about 10 years.

She had four children.

She struggled with homelessness in recent years.