Claim: Former NFL star and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick has agreed to fund an independent autopsy for Demartravion "Trey" Reed, a 21-year-old Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University in Mississippi. The claim about Kaepernick's alleged decision to fund Reed's second autopsy spread in news outlets and on X, Facebook and Reddit. "Colin Kaepernick Pays for Autopsy of Black Student Found Hanging From Tree," read the headline of a report from Mother Jones. Crump, Kaepernick's representative and Know Your Rights Camp Autopsy Initiative did not immediately return inquiries asking for more clarity. Know Your Rights Camp created the "KYRC Autopsy Initiative" in 2022 to provide free second, independent autopsies without charge.