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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Gaza funerals held for unidentified Palestinians, bodies returned by Israel

Israel has returned the bodies of dozens more unidentified Palestinians to Gaza for burial in a mass grave in Deir el-Balah, with some badly mutilated and bearing marks of torture and execution. The Gaza Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that Israel transferred 30 more Palestinian bodies, raising the total returned under the ceasefire agreement to 195. Under the United States-brokered deal, Israel agreed to return the bodies of 15 Palestinians for each deceased Israeli captive that is returned.
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fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

US military tells Hamas to stop violence against Gaza civilians as Rafah crossing expected to open on Thursday

One of the bodies handed over by Hamas does not match any of the hostages, while three other handed bodies were identified by families.
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fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Israel allows aid into Gaza after more hostages return DW 10/15/2025

Aid trucks entered Gaza via reopened crossings while Hamas handed over deceased hostages and Israel conducted forensic identification during the ceasefire.
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fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

Aid trucks roll into Gaza as Israel resumes preparations to open main Rafah crossing after hostage dispute

One of the bodies handed over by Hamas did not match any known hostages; three others were identified as Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi and Eitan Levi.
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fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

Israel says one of four bodies handed over by Hamas is not that of a hostage

One of the bodies handed over by Hamas does not match any listed hostage; three other returned bodies were identified as Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi and Eitan Levi.
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Matias Jurado, the Argentine serial killer who killed on Fridays

When police raided the home of Matias Jurado on July 31 in one of the largest neighborhoods of San Salvador de Jujuy, the provincial capital, they had no idea they would be dealing with a suspected serial killer. Security forces arrived in search of Jorge Omar Anachuri, a 68-year-old man with a motor disability who had disappeared a week earlier.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

Human remains identified as Travis Decker, wanted for killing his daughters

His remains were discovered on a steep, remote, wooded slope part way up Grindstone Mountain in central Washington, less than a mile (1.6 km) from the campsite where the bodies of 9-year-old Paityn Decker, 8-year-old Evelyn Decker and 5-year-old Olivia Decker were found on June 2, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office said. Law enforcement teams had been searching more than three months for Decker, 32, before the sheriff's office announced last week it had located human remains believed to be his.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Brazilian musician identified as victim of 1976 killing by Argentina military

Forensic scientists formally identified Francisco Tenorio Cerqueira Junior's remains, confirming he was seized, executed, and disappeared during Argentina's 1976 dictatorship.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Hurricane Katrina victim identified 20 years later: finally where she belongs'

Dorothy Virginia Driggers Taquino, 81, who died during Hurricane Katrina, was identified after nearly two decades and will be reburied in St. Bernard Parish.
Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

How Toronto police gather clues from guns seized off city streets | CBC News

Toronto police process seized firearms by collecting DNA and fingerprints, recovering serial numbers, and using extensive forensic lab work to trace origins.
New York City
fromGothamist
2 months ago

Recognize this tattoo? NYPD seeks help identifying Brooklyn remains.

Skeletal remains of a young female, possibly Black or Hispanic, were found near the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Cypress Hills; police seek identification.
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