The family of Dexter Wade is calling for justice after he was allegedly fatally struck by a Jackson Police Department car in March and later buried in a potter's field.
Kiara Alfonseca and Deena ZaruThe family of Dexter Wade is calling for justice after the 37-year-old man was allegedly fatally struck by a Jackson, Mississippi Police Department cruiser in March and later buried in a potter's field without his family knowing.
According to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family, an investigator from the coroner's office identified Dexter Wade using fingerprints and reported that identification to Jackson Police on March 9, just four days after Wade's death., that Wade had no ID on his person but he did have a prescription drug bottle.
"The failure was that ultimately, there was a lack of communication with the missing persons division, the coroner's office and accident investigation," Lumumba said. The mayor also noted that "The accident was investigated and it was determined that it was, in fact, an accident, and that there was no malicious intent."
The Hinds County District Attorney's Office said in a statement that it is working with the Jackson Police Department, Hinds County Coroner's Office, and other relevant agencies to investigate Wade's death, the failure to notify his next of kin in a timely manner, and the "irregularities surrounding the disposition of Mr. Wade's body."The Jackson Police Department declined ABC News' request for comment on the allegations.
Mayor Lumumba said during his State of the City address that "at no point have we identified, nor did any investigation reveal that there was any police misconduct in this process." He also called the monthslong wait to notify Wade Robinson of her son's death a "failure."
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