Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Forensic Scientists Identify Migrant Remains in Texas

Mass graves of border-crossers who died of dehydration or exhaustion are being exhumed to put names on anonymous case numbers

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Top-notch scientists have volunteered to try to identify the remains so that the families can be notified.

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The influx of migrants across the Mexican border into Texas has overwhelmed the resources of county governments to the point that remains are sometimes placed in mass graves. Top-notch scientists have volunteered to try to identify the remains so that the families can be notified.

The plight of one migrant is chronicled in the June in “The Mystery of Case 0425,” by Ananda Rose. Watch this documentary by filmmaker Pilar Timpane—music by Carlos Colón—that vividly demonstrates the plight of migrants in southern Texas—and the work of a forensic scientist trying to identify remains. It’s called a documentary directed and edited by filmmaker Pilar Timpane, with music composed by Carlos Colón.

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