Family Seeks Justice After Son Killed by Police Car and Buried Without Their Knowledge; Calls for Department of Justice Investigation

37-year-old Dexter Wade was fatally hit by an off-duty Jackson police officer in March and his family only learnt about his death five months later; Investigation reveals communication failures, and accusations of police vendetta and cover-up emerge.

Dexter Wade was fatally struck by an off-duty Jackson, Mississippi police officer in March, and his family wasn't informed of his death until more than five months later.
Though there was no ID on Wade at the time of the accident, his identity was confirmed through a prescription bottle and fingerprint with the coroner's office, which notified the police four days later, but his family wasn't contacted.
Dexter Wade's body remained unidentified in the morgue for months before being buried in a potter's field, marked only by a number, without his family's knowledge or consent.
Wade's family, represented by attorney Ben Crump, accuses the Jackson Police Department of a cover-up in the case and has called for Department of Justice investigation.
Crump is helping arrange for Wade’s body to be exhumed for an independent autopsy before being reburied in a cemetery, and Wade's family is demanding a “proper funeral and burial”.