A constant search for clues: Pima Co. houses hundreds of unknown immigrant remains

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TUCSON, Ariz. — Behind the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office sits a trailer full of bones. Medical Examiner Dr. Gregory Hess says it includes roughly 600 sets of skeletal remains.

Some sets of remains are more complete than others. The bones can help the staff piece together a person’s height, age or gender. Unless loved ones get in contact with the office and offer DNA for a direct comparison, there’s little chance of a match. “People use fake identifications,” Hess explained. “They use aliases sometimes, for different reasons… Where is family? Are they gonna answer phones? Can their government get a hold of them? Do they trust their government?”

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