Mississippi Man Killed by Police SUV Receives Funeral Months After Being First Buried in Common Grave Without Family’s Knowledge

Dexter Wade finally received a dignified funeral and burial in Mississippi’s capital city months after being tragically hit and killed by a police SUV.

Wade died on March 5 after an off-duty Jackson Police Department officer hit him with a department SUV while he was walking across Interstate 55.

So far, the officer’s identifying information has not been released.

According to the AP, Wade’s mother reported him missing a few days after she last saw him on March 5th.

By August, she learned that he had been killed and buried in a pauper’s cemetery near the Hinds County Penal Farm in Raymond.