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Vendaval -> "Amateur sleuths name anonymous dead" (3/30/2008 6:03:54 PM)
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"Amateur sleuths name anonymous dead"
By HELEN O'NEILL, AP Special Correspondent
Sun Mar 30, 12:47 AM ET
"The unnamed dead are everywhere — buried in unmarked graves, tagged in county morgues, dumped in rivers and under bridges, interred in potter's fields and all manner of makeshift tombs. There are more than 40,000 unnamed bodies in the U.S., according to national law enforcement reports, and about 100,000 people formally listed as missing.
The premise of the Doe Network is simple. If the correct information — dental records, DNA, police reports, photographs — is properly entered into the right databases, many of the unidentified can be matched with the missing. Law enforcement agencies and medical examiners offices simply don't have the time or manpower. Using the Internet and other tools, volunteers can do the job."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080330/ap_on_re_us/naming_the_dead;_ylt=Ake1yCU3bEIPqluNPqff_ewXIr0F
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