Dexter Wade's Death and Burial: Family Alleges Cover-Up

Independent pathologist finds identification on Wade at time of death, family demands federal investigation.

Dexter Wade, a Mississippi man, was fatally struck by a police car and buried without his family's knowledge. An independent pathologist found that Wade had identification on him at the time of his death, including his home address.
The family's lawyer, Ben Crump, alleges that there was a concerted effort to keep the truth and manner of Wade's death from his family.
Wade's mother, Bettersten Wade, reported him missing nine days after he was struck by the police cruiser. She only learned of his death and burial almost seven months later.
The family had arranged for Wade's body to be exhumed at a specific time, but the county exhumed the body hours earlier without the family's presence, further upsetting the family.
The family is now calling for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the circumstances surrounding Wade's death, burial, and exhumation.