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re: Mississippi Police Ran Over Man, Buried Him, Then Waited Six Months To Tell His Mother
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:07 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:07 pm to Fun Bunch
This is the real story from Not the Bee:
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Dexter Wade was a 37-year-old man with children of his own, but separated from his ex and kids and living with his mother. He was a convicted criminal, with sentences for auto theft and armed robbery.
Shortly after 8 p.m. on March 5, 2023, he was high on PCP and meth and decided - for whatever reason - to walk across a highway. An off-duty officer hit him as he walked across the road. It was deemed an accident and the officer passed sobriety tests.
Wade had no ID on him, but police investigator LaGrand Elliott found a prescription and called the issuing pharmacy on March 8 to track down his identity. He then called the mother and left a voicemail for her after identifying her as Wade's next of kin.
The investigator passed the file to the Jackson Police Department on March 9 after fingerprints confirmed Wade's identity.
On March 14, the mother reported Wade missing. On March 15, the investigator followed up with Jackson PD. The investigator continued to follow up, but for some reason, Jackson PD didn't connect the dots. The Jackson PD missing persons investigator assigned to the case retired in August; two weeks later, the new investigator reported that Wade had been buried at the county's penal farm with other unclaimed bodies
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Elliott said he called the number listed for Bettersten in the facility's records and left a voicemail but got no response. Bettersten confirmed that the number Elliott said he called was correct, but she doesn't remember receiving a call from him, and was not able to access her Boost Mobile phone records to check.
This post was edited on 10/26/23 at 3:11 pm
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Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:09 pm to John88
I’m gonna say that’s a fairly easy way to get an entire department investigated by the feds
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:11 pm to ReauxlTide222
I’m sorry, but this reads to me like the Police Dept has a legitimate beef with this entire family
He’s crossing a 6 lane hwy on meth and PCP and was the cause of damage to public property
The rap sheet on this family would take pages no doubt
There was obviously a failure to communicate, but I didn’t read anything that made me feel like they tried to conceal
He’s crossing a 6 lane hwy on meth and PCP and was the cause of damage to public property
The rap sheet on this family would take pages no doubt
There was obviously a failure to communicate, but I didn’t read anything that made me feel like they tried to conceal
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:12 pm to Swagga
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This is the kinda shite that should spark outrage and protests. Terrible.
Absolutely this. Same thing I thought.
That's terrible. Hopefully some charges/convictions come from this. This is more than gross negligence.
ETA: That's assuming that's how it actually went down (which Fun Bunch makes me question now seeing his posts).
This post was edited on 10/26/23 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:13 pm to wahoocs
The framing of the story as written is pure nonsense.
They literally contacted the mother the day after they identified who he was. It went to voicemail and she never responded or called back.
They literally contacted the mother the day after they identified who he was. It went to voicemail and she never responded or called back.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:13 pm to Fat and Happy
A huge investigation will take place and the problem will somehow be whitey’s fault.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:13 pm to John88
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The decision to call the police was difficult for Bettersten. She did not trust them. In 2019, her 62-year-old brother died after a Jackson officer slammed him to the ground. The officer was convicted of manslaughter but is appealing.
The officer who killed Dexter was not declared at fault for the fatal crash. Wade was reportedly walking across a six-lane highway when he was hit, and his death was ruled accidental. A toxicology report later showed that he had meth and PCP in his system.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:14 pm to Pfft
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So they lost the paperwork and no one followed up? Simple error, probably changed shifts and filed the paperwork in the wrong place.
The most charitable possible explanation is gross incompetence.
Nobody noticed that his mom kept calling about a dead guy?? Only way I could see that is if the JPD routinely runs over pedestrians so this incident didn't stand out.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:14 pm to John88
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Mississippi Police Ran Over Man, Buried Him, Then Waited Six Months To Tell His Mother
Well they got around to it at least.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:18 pm to Bestbank Tiger
No Habla???
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:27 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:In fairness, the quote in your next post doesn't prove that, it just says the investigator claims he called and left a voicemail, right?
This has already been heavily debunked.
They literally called his mom the next day and left her a voicemail to call them and she never responded.
I don't see where it's debunked or where they "literally" called her the next day, just that they said they did, and she said they didn't.
Were they able to prove they did?
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:28 pm to shel311
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and she said they didn't.
She doesn't say they didn't.
She says she doesn't recall and "can't access are boost records anymore".
Jackson PD did frick up though.
But they called her and she just never responded.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:31 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:Can't they just easily provide a phone record to prove it and this would go away real quick? Or more to the point, did they do that?
She doesn't say they didn't.
She says she doesn't recall and "can't access are boost records anymore".
Jackson PD did frick up though.
But they called her and she just never responded.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:33 pm to shel311
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Can't they just easily provide a phone record to prove it and this would go away real quick?
They would need a subpoena or her permission.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:35 pm to Byrdybyrd05
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story
being the operative word
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:42 pm to shel311
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Were they able to prove they did?
They will. This is mom with her hand out. Bookmark this.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:43 pm to John88
Seems like you should try a little harder to notify family. Maybe call the mom again or knock on her door.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:45 pm to Undertow
That is where things go bad.
Jackson PD fricked up. The file was turned over to them and they did nothing.
The original investigator did call her though and she never responded.
The story is framed as some racist revenge story by the PD and its nonsense.
Jackson PD fricked up. The file was turned over to them and they did nothing.
The original investigator did call her though and she never responded.
The story is framed as some racist revenge story by the PD and its nonsense.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 3:47 pm to John88
From the OPs title I thought they had struck him and killed him and then buried him in the woods to hide it
Not that he was wandering across a 6 lane highway and then got hit and buried in the paupers grave when no one claimed him
Not that he was wandering across a 6 lane highway and then got hit and buried in the paupers grave when no one claimed him
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