“This is one family who gets to give a member of their family that they lost a proper burial, after not knowing where they were for over a century,” the city's mayor said.
“This is one family who gets to give a member of their family that they lost a proper burial, after not knowing where they were for over a century,” the city’s mayor said.
, with forensic analysis and DNA collected from about 30 sets of remains. Daniel’s remains are the first from those graves to be linked directly to the massacre. “I think it’s shocking news, to say the least” for the family, Wilde said. “We know we’ve brought a lot into their lives” “We didn’t see any sign of gunshot wounds, but if the bullet doesn’t hit bone or isn’t retained within the body, how would we detect it?”
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