Betterstein Wade
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She said, I sent somebody out there to talk to you.
She said, I sent somebody out there to talk to you.
He came out there. He said, I'm sorry for your loss. I broke down and started crying. My mama was sitting on the porch. She said, tell me what happened to my grandson. He said a police cruiser hit him on the freeway. He was trying to cross the freeway, and a police cruiser hit him. I said a police cruiser hit him. I said y'all couldn't find out who he were. Y'all couldn't take his handprint.
He came out there. He said, I'm sorry for your loss. I broke down and started crying. My mama was sitting on the porch. She said, tell me what happened to my grandson. He said a police cruiser hit him on the freeway. He was trying to cross the freeway, and a police cruiser hit him. I said a police cruiser hit him. I said y'all couldn't find out who he were. Y'all couldn't take his handprint.
I was going off on the corner. I said, you mean to tell me you had my son down there all that time and y'all couldn't just run him through the system when he'd been at this address 23 years and y'all couldn't find him? He said, hold up, Ms. Wade. Hold up, Ms. Wade. Kept saying, hold up, Ms. Wade. He said, I did not have to search for Dexter.
I was going off on the corner. I said, you mean to tell me you had my son down there all that time and y'all couldn't just run him through the system when he'd been at this address 23 years and y'all couldn't find him? He said, hold up, Ms. Wade. Hold up, Ms. Wade. Kept saying, hold up, Ms. Wade. He said, I did not have to search for Dexter.
He said, I knew who Dexter was the night that he was killed.
He said, I knew who Dexter was the night that he was killed.
He said, I got your name, your address, your phone number, and I gave it to JPD. And I said, you gave it to JPD? He said, yes, ma'am. He said, and I got a record where I called JPD about nine times to ask, have they found Dexter? When I called on March 14th, them people knew who my child, who my child were and where my child was. He was down there in the morgue.
He said, I got your name, your address, your phone number, and I gave it to JPD. And I said, you gave it to JPD? He said, yes, ma'am. He said, and I got a record where I called JPD about nine times to ask, have they found Dexter? When I called on March 14th, them people knew who my child, who my child were and where my child was. He was down there in the morgue.
They say, well, he buried in a cemetery down there by Raymond. I went to every cemetery down there by Raymond. I said, no, he can't be in none of these.
They say, well, he buried in a cemetery down there by Raymond. I went to every cemetery down there by Raymond. I said, no, he can't be in none of these.
Dexter's body was in the Hines County Raymond Detention Center, down there in Raymond, Mississippi, behind that jailhouse, down there in a field. His number was 672.
Dexter's body was in the Hines County Raymond Detention Center, down there in Raymond, Mississippi, behind that jailhouse, down there in a field. His number was 672.
They took me on down. We drove down a long, long, long thing. Way back in the back. That's way back in the back. It had a number. A little stick stuck down there with 672 on it.
They took me on down. We drove down a long, long, long thing. Way back in the back. That's way back in the back. It had a number. A little stick stuck down there with 672 on it.
I just broke down. I said, baby, I look for you. I tried to find you. This is not what I wanted for you. I just cried. I just broke down on my knees. I was just screaming and howling and crying right there in front of him, telling him how I missed him and how I was looking for him and how I am so sorry. I would just say, I couldn't do nothing but say, baby, I am so sorry.
I just broke down. I said, baby, I look for you. I tried to find you. This is not what I wanted for you. I just cried. I just broke down on my knees. I was just screaming and howling and crying right there in front of him, telling him how I missed him and how I was looking for him and how I am so sorry. I would just say, I couldn't do nothing but say, baby, I am so sorry.