A 37-year-old man was allegedly fatally struck by a Jackson, Mississippi Police Department cruiser in March and later buried without his family knowing.
A family is calling for justice after Dexter Wade was allegedly hit and killed by a Jackson, Mississippi police car and buried without notice.The 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."
Wade's family is asking for Wade's body to be exhumed so they can facilitate an independent autopsy and perform a "proper funeral and burial." "To add insult to that trauma, it is even more difficult to not have the ability to grant a proper burial for that child," Lumumba said.
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