On November 19, 2016, Tyshekia Hughes, a 33-year-old woman from Magnolia, Mississippi, was at home on family land outside town, getting ready to celebrate her fifteen-year-old daughter Tyeisha�s birthday and recent academic success. The trailers on the property belonged to several members of her extended family, and that afternoon they gathered at Hughes�s trailer for a combined birthday and �good grades� party. Music, food, and relatives filled the small space, and the celebration was meant to
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