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September 14, 2005

Many Katrina victims may never be identified

Dr. Wecht joined 'The Situation with Tucker Carlson' on Tuesday to discuss the difficult task of identifying the dead in the wake of Katrina.

"These bodies, for the most part, have been decomposing now for about, what, two weeks. Temperatures above 90 degrees, very high humidity. Many of the bodies floating in water, which, of course, then, adds to the decomposition, particularly that kind of warm, brackish water. The bodies become bloated, gaseous distension, as a result of the bacterial infestation. The discoloration is very, very intense, mottled. It's impossible to differentiate between Caucasian, African-American and Asian, with bodies like this, as strange as that may seem."

Here's the transcript.

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