ST. LOUIS — A Massachusetts family is asking for your help after their loved one was found dead in St. Louis.
He was headed to Las Vegas when his family lost track of him after an unexpected detour in St. Louis.
For five days in December, two sisters and a girlfriend of James Wilder were desperately trying to find him when his cell phone went dead on Dec. 8.
“We just weren’t getting any answers, but it was about five days since he initially went missing before we got the terrible news,” Zequaya Withers said.
Withers says Wilder was a photographer, headed to Las Vegas for a job, when his car broke down in Joplin, Missouri. His family then bought him a bus ticket to return to Massachusetts.
They filed a missing person report, and then five days later, on Dec. 13, they said police reported Wilder was found dead in the back of a postal delivery truck less than half a mile away from the bus station.
“They said that someone had interacted with him from the United Postal Service,” Zequaya said. “An employee had interacted with him. And just within minutes, he was deceased.”
“There was no investigation being made on his behalf. James was not a homeless person,” Jenia said.
St. Louis police confirm there is no current criminal investigation unless a pending autopsy demands otherwise.
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