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Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has been working with Wade’s mother, and, on Monday, Dexter’s body was supposed to be exhumed so the family could perform their own independent autopsy and give him a proper funeral; they wanted to witness the exhumation. According to Crump, however, he was dug up before the time previously set by the county — so they missed it.<\/p>\n
“Now y’all take that from me. I couldn’t even see him come out of the ground,” said Bettersten Wade during a press conference on Monday. “They put him in the ground without my permission. They dug him up without my permission.”<\/p>\n
Crump also called out the alleged “mishandling” of the exhumation in a press release.<\/p>\n
“There is no excuse for the way this case has been handled. Every time Ms. Wade takes a step toward getting answers as to what happened to her son, Jackson officials bring her two steps back,” he said. “We hoped today that Ms. Wade could receive some answers and closure, but once again she is just left with more questions and even more trauma.”<\/p>\n
“Since the day that Dexter Wade was struck and killed by a Jackson Police Department cruiser, the truth and facts of this case have been heavily obscured,” he continued. “Dexter’s mother did not know what happened to her son for months, even after her tireless efforts and multiple requests to officials to help her, and long after he had been identified. Justice delayed is justice denied, and we will keep fighting for justice in Dexter\u2019s name until his mother gets the closure she deserves.”<\/p>\n
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Crump also sent out a letter allegedly from the Hinds County Board of Supervisors, which states it’s coroner policy to release remains to family members by exhuming the body “from the burial site in the presence of representative of the Hinds County Sheriff Department, Coroner’s department and the funeral home that will receive the body.” While the letter says the exhumation would take place at 11:30am, Crump said it happened at 8am, without any family present.<\/p>\n
The Board of Supervisors has not commented on the issue.<\/p>\n
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