In a disturbing revelation, the family of Jonathan David Hankins only discovered this month via reporters that their family member had passed away in May 2022 and had been indigently buried. The deceased man was found in a hotel room by authorities. Still, the Hankins family was left in the dark about this grim occurrence, adding this case to an alarming pattern that's surfaced in Hines County, Mississippi. This marks the third similar instance where families were not notified of their kin's untimely death.
The incident brought back wrenching memories of two previous instances in Hines County. Last week, it was Mario Moore, discovered lifeless on a street and buried without his family being notified. Earlier, the same unfolding happened in the case of Dexter Wade, who was struck by a Jackson, Mississippi police cruiser and buried hush-hush without the family's knowledge.
