Officials exhume the body of a Mississippi man buried without his family's knowledge

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Officials exhume the body of a Mississippi man buried without his family’s knowledge

BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG
Updated 7:25 PM EST, November 13, 2023

RAYMOND, Miss. (AP) — The body of a Mississippi man who died after being hit by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer was exhumed Monday, months after officials failed to notify his family of his death.

At a news conference, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, local leaders and family members of 37-year-old Dexter Wade said they had hired an independent medical examiner to perform an autopsy on the man’s body. They will also give him a proper funeral. While Dexter Wade’s remains were released Monday, his family said officials failed to honor the agreed-upon time approved by a county attorney for exhuming the body.

“Now, I ask, can I exhume my child and try to get some peace and try to get a state of mind,” said Dexter Wade’s mother, Bettersten Wade. “Now y’all take that from me. I couldn’t even see him come out of the ground.”

Dexter Wade’s family members, his attorneys and other witnesses said they did not get to see the exhumation because it took place hours before county officials said it would. In a letter, a copy of which was reviewed by The Associated Press, Hinds County Board Attorney Tony Gaylor told Dennis Sweet, one of Bettersten Wade’s attorneys, that the body would be exhumed at 11:30 a.m.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/dexter-wade-mississippi-326d41aeaf5bd6dc234dc510b835d563

[drray23]

1. This all sounds highly suspicious

From the cover-up at the beginning to exhuming him without witnesses or family members present. Could they have been worried other things should show up that they wanted to keep hidden?
I hope those responsible for running him over and then burying him are brought to justice. A normal citizen doing this would have been charged for vehicular manslaughter and fleeing the scene of a crime. But, since it was the police nothing happened (or at least yet).

[MissMillie]

2. Too much about this is just plain WRONG

And I'm surprised that none of it is on the evening news.

Maybe the country will get to hear about it if the DOJ gets involved.

[IzzaNuDay]

3. I saw a news report the man's ID was on his person

which makes this situation all the more despicable. That is why the term Black Lives Matter exists. no respect, even after death.