Hundreds of Coast families still searching for loved ones Sep 27

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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/12758704.htm

...Police retrieved their bodies from the garage of their home two days later. Lucas spent the next three weeks trying to find her parents' bodies, at one point being told that they were listed as missing, not dead.

"I was furious. I told him we found them," Lucas said, "We saw them taken away. We just couldn't find out where they were."...

Howell, the DMORT commander, said all information regarding missing and dead can only come from state and local officials, usually coroners.

Joanne Adams, business manager in the Iberville Parish Coroner's Office in Louisiana, said state employees based in the St. Gabriel Parish Coroner's Office are handling the process of identifying the dead. About 700 of the 885 bodies recovered so far in Louisiana are at St. Gabriel.

"They have not given us a list of those they have identified," she said. "Families call us and we're not a help. We've been told to give them the same number that people call for lost family members. The families usually call us back and tell us they got nowhere. They were just asked a lot of questions."..

(Great they have released ONE name and just held a conference on Tuesday about what to do about Katrina people reported missing. Lots more details of procedures of identifying the dead)