Considering the state of journalism, particularly the MSM, this is a surprisingly detailed and researched piece by the reporter.
Apparently the coverup of whatever illegal thing the cop driving the police car did or did not do took 172 days.
Bureaucracy at its finest /s Was it that the officers couldn’t GAF or did it relate to the prior issue? Kudos to the new investigator who actually did her job.
I read this before. It’s messed up.
Very sad saga of dysfunction, personal and institutional.
Some lessons: don’t walk across 6-lane interstate highways at night, especially while using legal and illegal drugs.
Don’t rely on police, etc., to handle things properly, especially in a 3rd world area. If pets are missing, go to the animal shelters yourself and look. If people are missing, go to the coroner’s office yourself.
Well whatever happened, Jackson MS is very much a chocolate city.
Holy cow... a real travesty. I don’t care who you are or what your socio-economic standing is, this is just plain WRONG! Is there a Go Fund Me you know of to help mama with the burial?
I misread this as a missing 3 year old. the story was unbelievable. The part about crossing the freeway was just nuts, blaming toddler for crossing the freeway? I had to go back and see what I was missing. Reading is fundamental.
“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.”
And a lot of people wonder why some police departments get so little respect these days.
although technically correct, a 37 y.o. man isnt a child..
Tramatic, horrible, gross, and sick.for the family, . but the MSM being overly dramatic, as expected.
According to the article, police say they called to inform her he was dead.
“Elliott said he called the number listed for Bettersten in the facility’s records and left a voicemail but got no response.”
My brother owned a cab company.
One of his drivers was struck and killed while standing outside of his parked cab collecting his fare from a drunk person he had driven home.
A state cop, speeding, slammed into the driver and killed him.
The state impounded the cab.
My brother claimed the body and shipped it, at his own expense, to the driver’s muslim parents in Michigan, in order that the victim could be buried the same day per islamic law (my brother is a Christian) .
The cops never released the cab to my brother, and so he could never collect on the insurance.
The cop who killed the driver and financially devastated my brother was never charged with anything.
The media NEVER mentioned the story in any way.
REAL STORY.