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"Between 1996 and the date of the discovery, more than 2,000 bodies had been sent to Tri-State. The search ultimately recovered 339 uncremated bodies. Of the 33
by rpgmaker 11y ago
"Between 1996 and the date of the discovery, more than 2,000 bodies had been sent to Tri-State. The search ultimately recovered 339 uncremated bodies. Of the 339 bodies that were discovered, 226 were identified."
How long did they expect to keep that up? I could conceive of them doing it for maybe a year and then buying a machine but it seems that, at least to them, it became business as usual.
- LordKano 11y agoI remember when this was a breaking story. At first, they claimed that some bodies had been improperly stored as they were awaiting repairs to the retort. Then, when the scope of the issue became known, I wondered the same thing. How long did they think they could keep stacking bodies without anyone noticing them? I don't believe they ever thought that far ahead.
- kweinber 11y agoI saw a presentation on it done by one of the officials who did the cleanup (he was actually the same guy in charge of body recovery in Kosovo death camps, brought in because Tristate was so grisly) . He explained that the guy who ran the place was slow (mentally handicapped) ... He came from a good family, who ran the facility responsibly until the father died and he took over. . He wasn't a creep or a cheat, just was not mentally equipped to handle the responsibility.
- rpgmaker 11y agoWow, thanks for the background on that. He must've been way more handicapped than anyone thought though.