Black on WHITE: Dusty Bethke was WHITE, Waco TX

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(Black) Man indicted on murder charge in 2021 Waco shooting death
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AWaco man was indicted on a murder charge Thursday in the August 2021 death of a man found with a gunshot wound after a car crash in a southwest Waco neighborhood.

A McLennan County grand jury indicted Jeremiah Darnel Walker, 24, on a first-degree felony charge of murder in the Aug. 23, 2021, death of Dusty Bethke, 39, of Waco.

First responders found Bethke with a gunshot wound after he had crashed his car into a fence in the 3100 block of Daughtrey Avenue, police reported at the time.

Officers responded at 3:15 p.m. to the crash in a residential area a few blocks behind the H-E-B at Valley Mills Drive and Interstate 35. Bethke was taken to a local hospital, where he died later that day, police reported.

The U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested Walker on a murder charge Jan. 11, 2022. He was released Feb. 28, 2022, from McLennan County Jail on $150,000 bond, records show.
 
death of Dusty Bethke, 39, of Waco.
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Dusty Clyde Bethke Jr. Obituary​

We are sad to announce that on August 23, 2021 we had to say goodbye to Dusty Clyde Bethke Jr. of Waco, Texas. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Dusty Clyde Bethke Jr. to show support.
He is survived by : his parents, Dusty C. Bethke Sr. and Deborah Tosh; his children, Brandon, Ethan, Aryan, Shelby Rose and Grayson Ford; his siblings, Amanda Sanchez, Misty Key, Sarah Stroud and Trey Bethke; and his grandmother Mary Hendrick.
 
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