Controversy Surrounds Exhumation of Mississippi Man Buried Without Family's Consent
TL;DR
The body of Dexter Wade, who was killed by an off-duty police officer's vehicle in Jackson, Mississippi, was exhumed without his family's permission. Wade's mother had filed a missing person's report and was only informed of his death and burial months later. The coroner's office claimed they were unable to reach Wade's next of kin, but the family disputes this. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump criticized the mishandling of the exhumation and is calling for a Department of Justice investigation into the delayed notification of Wade's death.
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