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A mother reported her son missing in March. Police kept the truth from her for months
NBC News ^ | 10/25/23 | Jon Schuppe

Posted on 10/30/2023 8:48:29 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s

JACKSON, Miss. — Seven months of searching for her lost son brought Bettersten Wade to a dirt road leading into the woods, past an empty horse stable and a scrapyard.

The last time she’d seen her middle child, Dexter Wade, 37, was on the night of March 5, as he left home with a friend. She reported him missing, and Jackson police told her they’d been unable to find him, she said.

It wasn’t until 172 excruciating days after his disappearance that Bettersten learned the truth: Dexter had been killed less than an hour after he’d left home, struck by a Jackson police car as he crossed a nearby interstate highway. Police had known Dexter’s name, and hers, but failed to contact her, instead letting his body go unclaimed for months in the county morgue.

Now it was early October, and Bettersten had finally been told where she could find her son.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; jackson; jacksonpd; police
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To: left that other site

Of course it’s not right.

Guarantees that there is zero accountability. And we all know what happens when people are given power and are immune from accountability.


41 posted on 10/30/2023 12:13:47 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Indeed.


42 posted on 10/30/2023 12:24:53 PM PDT by left that other site (Romans 8:28)
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To: sausageseller
The aftermath seems typical of the Memphis PD.

This didn't happen in Memphis.

43 posted on 10/30/2023 12:25:22 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Lurch Addams

Death notifications are supposed to be done in person by officers.


44 posted on 10/30/2023 6:49:42 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (zkij)
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To: Menehune56

The Mayor promised to make Jackson the most Marxist, Afro-Nationalist city in America.

Mission accomplished !


45 posted on 10/30/2023 10:33:48 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
Yes .
Memphis / Jackson no dif.
46 posted on 11/01/2023 3:44:58 PM PDT by sausageseller (If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
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To: sausageseller

Other than being about 200 miles apart, in different states.


47 posted on 11/01/2023 3:55:32 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

You obviously think there is a difference .
After spending time in both I would disagree.
Both Democrat controlled crap holes but you must disagree.


48 posted on 11/01/2023 4:19:07 PM PDT by sausageseller (If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
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To: sausageseller

It doesn’t matter how similar they are, they are two different cities. Look at a map.


49 posted on 11/01/2023 4:25:31 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I admitted it.
Let it go ...


50 posted on 11/01/2023 4:27:17 PM PDT by sausageseller (If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
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To: sausageseller

Happy to.


51 posted on 11/01/2023 4:39:22 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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