Forensic tests allowed Mississippi authorities to identify the remains of a woman killed almost two decades ago in Hurricane Katrina.
Almost two decades after a woman's death during Hurricane Katrina , modern forensic tests finally allowed authorities to identify her remains. Citing anecdotes from her family, the forensic genetic genealogy company Othram said Tonette Waltman Jackson was swept away by floodwaters that split her Biloxi, Mississippi , home in half during the devastating hurricane that slammed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005. She was 46 years old.
Jackson's remains were buried in Machpelah Cemetery in the city of Pascagoula, with a headstone that read 'Jane ' and recognized her as a victim of the hurricane. 'At that point, it was uncertain who the individual was,' Pascagoula Police Lt. Darren Versiga, who was involved in the investigation into Jackson's identity, told WLOX, an affiliate station of CBS and ABC.
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