SUMMARY: Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney, presented initial findings from Dexter Wade's independent autopsy. The 37-year-old was struck by a Jackson police cruiser in March and his unembalmed body, showing multiple injuries and an amputated leg due to being run over, was discovered in a state of advanced decomposition. Despite possessing identification, Wade's mother was unaware of his death until months later. Crump criticized authorities for not notifying the family, as Wade was identified using fingerprints. Wade's body was exhumed from a pauper's field shortly before his family's arrival for the procedure, with a funeral planned for November 20.

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