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Written by Justin Poole-Welmon   
Monday, 06 December 2010 07:29
Over the last five years, there has been a dramatic increase in immigrant deaths along the border. This has caused the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office to be overrun with more than 600 unidentified bodies.

To help with this problem, the University of Arizona is helping to create a database that will aid the examiners in identifying those who have died.

University employees, who are helping to develop the database, are happy to be using their resources to help with this growing problem.

This year is on pace to be the worst year on record with 216 border related deaths already recorded, and the problem only seems to be getting worse.

Once identification is made, then the families of the deceased can be contacted.

Perhaps with the help of new technology the problems with border deaths and those who remain unidentified, can finally be put to rest.

See story at: 

http://www.youtube.com/user/ARIZONACATSEYE#p/u/6/d8tBbfoyQ4I
Last Updated on Thursday, 09 December 2010 22:41
 

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