Yahoo Autos Mississippi Police Ran Over Man, Buried Him, Then Waited Six Months To Tell His Mother
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As far as Bettersen Wade knew, her son Dexter went missing on March 5. After she reported his disappearance to the Jackson, Mississippi police department, they continually told her they weren’t able to find him, NBC News reports. So she began searching for him herself, posting updates on social media and regularly calling to see if the police had any updates. After 172 days of searching, she finally got a heartbreaking answer.
As it turned out, Dexter had been hit and killed by a police officer less than an hour after he left his mother’s house. And even though his body had been identified, no one bothered to tell her until six months later. To make matters worse, because they waited so long to tell her that her son was dead, he was buried in a pauper’s grave, marked only by a small sign that listed it as grave number 672. Considering the Wade family’s history with the Jackson Police Department, you also have to wonder if this was personal:
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“My mama told me, ‘They’re not going to do anything,’” Bettersten recalled. “But I had to do something to find Dexter, and I thought that was the best way.”
