Detroit police captain explains delay in notifying family of hit-and-run victim
Family learned of man’s death on social media 8 days after it happened
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DETROIT – Detroit Police are shedding some light on why a family was never contacted when a man was killed during a hit-and run incident in December.
“All they had to do was come here and notify us. We know Christmas Eve may not have been a good time, but it would have been better than to wait eight days,” said Patricia Rutland.
Rutland’s son, Dion Emory, was killed in a hit-and run on Christmas Eve at the intersection of Schoolcraft and Greenfield roads. Her family had to put the pieces together on their own.