Feb 08, 2012 · A woman's body sat unidentified in the Cook County Medical Examiner's office for 14 months, despite the best efforts of the family to identify her. Now, the family has filed suit against the ... NamUs is a nationwide clearinghouse containing three databases of missing, unidentified, and unclaimed persons. The NamUs database allows for a central location for law enforcement, coroners, and medical examiner offices to enter missing, unidentified, and unclaimed persons in an effort to resolve these cases, which have been described as the ... Jul 30, 2020 · For now the unidentified COVID-19 victims are buried in a designated area deep in the capital’s Verbena Cemetery. Surrounded by trees and near a settlement of improvised housing, unadorned graves... (h) For an unidentified body or human remains, appropriate samples of tissue and bone shall be taken before the body or human remains are cremated or buried. The types of samples of tissue and bone that are taken shall be determined by the coroner or medical examiner. Mar 07, 2013 · Chicago’s Unidentified Bodies Go Online You can now browse the Cook County Medical Examiner’s website to see local folks’ unidentified remains. The hope is that someone will recognize them.