Major identifiable features, like dental traits, may have been destroyed in the fire, experts say.
106 on Tuesday, but this number is expected to rise as crews continue to search the wreckage the fires left behind.the identities of two residents who died in the fires that ravaged the town of Lahaina: Robert Dyckman, 74, and Buddy Jantoc, 79.
Three other individuals were identified, but the county is waiting until officials have contacted their next of kin before their names are released.CBS News crews are estimated to find between “10 and 20 people per day, probably, until they finish” searching over the next 10 days—officials expect between 85% and 90% of the area to be searched by the weekend.
Families of missing people have given 41 DNA samples to help officials with identifying victims, the release reports.CNN identification will be “very difficult” and will likely take weeks to complete because a lot of the remains that were found are unrecognizable and fingerprints can’t be used.
about the search effort."It's not just ash on your clothing when you take it off. It's our loved ones. That's the reverence."it’s hard to identify people who died from fire-related deaths because fires destroy key “individuating characteristics,” like hair, dental traits and tattoos. Without usable DNA, the challenge of identifying people becomes tougher.
the BBC that data collection in Hawaii may be even more difficult because some civil services have been destroyed, so certain records, like medical records, may have been burned in the fires, too.
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