Number unaccounted for drops to 40 in Joplin

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: KPUA

There are now 40 people who remain unaccounted for a week after a massive tornado hit Joplin.

Mike O'Connell, spokesman for the Missouri Department of Public Safety, told The Associated Press on Sunday that the number of unaccounted "just dropped" to 40 because of the latest deceased whose next-of-kin have been notified. The number had stood at about 100.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JOPLIN_TORNADO?SITE=KPUA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Zoeisright]

1. So what's the number of dead now?

[progressoid]

3. 87

http://www.missourinet.com/2011/05/29/president-to-attend-memorial-service-for-those-killed-in-joplin-tornado/

Miguel Alvarez, 28, Joplin

Sarah L. Anderson, 47, Joplin

Grace Aquino, 46, of Joplin

Robert W. Baker, 54, Joplin

Robert E. Bateson, 45, Joplin

Dorothy T. Bell, 88, Joplin

Regina M. Bloxham, 55, Joplin

Lathe E. Bradfield, 84, Joplin

Leo E. Brown, 86, Joplin

Hugh O. Buttram, 85, Joplin

Tami L. Campbell, 28, Joplin

Arriyinnah S. Carmona, 8, Joplin

Moises Carmona-Navarro, 42, Joplin

Shante M. Caton, 10, Joplin

Trenton Caton, 6, Pierce City

Raymond Chew, 66, Joplin

Carolane J. Collins, 62 Eagle Rock

Clyde Coleman, 72, Galena, Kansas

Lois A. Comfort, 66, Webb City

Keenan K. Conger, 49, Joplin

Vicki L. Cooper, 59, Joplin

Adam Darnaby, 27, Joplin

Nancy E. Douthitt, 94, Joplin

Ellen Doyle, 75, Joplin

Richard A. Elmore, 70, Joplin

Randy E. England, 34, Neosho

Betty Fisher, 86, Joplin

Marsha A. Frost, 32, Joplin

Sebastian C. Frost, 10, Joplin

Charles K. Gaudsmith, 21, Carthage

Billie J. Gideon, 77, Joplin

Paul E. Haddock, 63, Joplin

Caley Lantz Hare, 16, Joplin

Dorothy V. Hartman, 91, Joplin

Glenn W. Holland, 60, Joplin

Charlotte Hopwood, 84, Joplin

Hayze Howard, 1, Webb City

Harli Howard, 5, Webb City

Thomas Russell Howard, 29, Webb City

Melisa R. Johnson, 50, Carthage

Cheryl L. Jones, 39, Altamont, Kansas

James D. Kendrick, 63, Joplin

Bruce A. Lievens, 48, Joplin

Rachel K. Markham, 31, Joplin

Nancy Martin, 52, Miami, Oklahoma

Jesse L. McKee, 44, Neosho

Randall E. Mell, 49, Joplin

Ronald D. Meyer, 64, Joplin

Ray Donald Miller III, 49, Joplin

Doris Montgomery, 83, Joplin

Edmond V. Mullaney, 82, Joplin

Sharyl Nelsen, 34, Joplin

William R. Norton, 18, Joplin

Dennis M. Osborn, 34, Seneca

Charles E. Oster, 77, Joplin

Shirley Ann Parker, 68, Joplin

James B. Peterson, 27, Joplin

John H. Petty, 37, Neosho

Natalia M. Puebla, 17, Neosho

Shelly Marie Ramsey, 42, Neosho

Loretta Randell, 54, Joplin

Troy Raney, 39, Joplin

Virgil T. Reid, 77, Joplin

Johnny Richey, 52, Joplin

Vicki Robertson, 66, Joplin

Keith D. Robinson, 48, Joplin

Virginia Mae Salmon, 80, Joplin

Tonya L. Sawyer, 41, Fort Scott, Kansas

Frances A. Scates, 70, Joplin

Gladys J. Seay, 83, Welch, Oklahoma

Daniel W. Shirley, 48, Joplin

Judy Smith, 71, Joplin

Nicholaus A. Smith, 23, Joplin

Shyrell L. Smith, 68, Pittsburg, Kansas

Steven J. Stephens, 28, Joplin

Kayleigh Teal, 16, Pittsburg, Kansas

Heather L. Terry, 36, Joplin

John Thomas, Jr., 40, Joplin

Sandra K. Thomas, 55, Carthage

Margaret Tuit, 92, Joplin

Michael E. Tyndall, 33, Joplin

Darian D. Vanderhoofven, 45, Joplin

Joshua D. Vanderhoofven, 1, Joplin

Miles Wells, 49, Webb City

Tiera Whitley, 20, Fulton, Kansas

Zach Williams, 12, Joplin

Charles W. Writer, 74, Joplin

[Art_from_Ark]

4. I think those might be the identified bodies

According to the Joplin Globe, 142 bodies have been sent to the special tornado disaster morgue, and there are 4 sets of partial remains:

http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x1326416028/Missing-persons-list-shrinking

[progressoid]

5. Right.

Thanks for the clarification.

[ChrisBorg]

2. Sorry to hear why the number dropped.

May they rest in peace.