From Caring Dad to Dead in Custody: Highway Mystery Rattles West Virginia

After over six weeks of waiting, over 100 calls to West Virginia State Police, and even an announcement by the governor, it can feel as if everyone but the family of Edmond “Eddie” Exline knows how he died.

On Monday, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, in announcing a sweeping investigation into misconduct within the West Virginia State Police, highlighted the case by vaguely suggesting he had seen “very concerning” video of Exline’s arrest. The following day the ousted head of the state police called what was heard in a body-cam video “horrible.”

But the family has received little information beyond what they read in the papers—and is decrying what they say is a failure of West Virginia State Police to properly protect the mentally ill.

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