Los Angeles County Coroner currently has how many unclaimed bodies?...no googling

[pkdu]

looking at the data online , full names , birth dates , death dates , last known address , age , height , eye/hair color all listed , many with photo.

How many ...in one (yes - large) county in America?

[MrModerate]

1. May I bing?

Apparently, in May of 2006, it was 415.

[pkdu]

4. Actually that confirms my own (limited) Bing experience

its crap ( so far)....quite a bit off

[MrModerate]

11. But it follows the Microsoft model . . .

Versions 1 and 2 are terrible, but by Version 3, they've crushed the competition. Not so sure that's possible in the case of Google, but there are a lot of people out there who are poorer today for having bet against Microsoft.

Google has deteriorated over time -- or at least gotten less useful. Used to be, I could search on anything and feel pretty confident that what I was looking for would be in the first screenful. Lately, it seems that -- on too many occasions -- the first several pages of any search are chaff, and I have to do significant digging to get to what I want. They definitely need to do some relevance tuning.

[pkdu]

15. Yes - and I think Bing seems to be going after a demographic that knows what exactly

what they are looking for....by category of search.


I use Google that way sometimes...but more often its much more random for me... or rather more specific , and I dont know how to navigate the categories to get where I want to be looking..so I've gotten very good at using ".." and boolean logic to find exactly waht I'm looking for amongst the junk.

[imdjh]

2. Extras, darling, not bodies, extras. nt

[pkdu]

5. in a different mood my friend , I will laugh when i re-read this...

..I posted because I found it pretty sad.

[kestrel91316]

3. My very rough, non-google guess is 800.

[pkdu]

7. Quite a bit more I'm afraid...will give it a few more minutes then post the link

and the answer in a non-spoiler fashion.

[lapfog_1]

6. Not nearly enough.... oh no, not nearly enough.

:)

BTW, welcome to DU (if a little late).

[pkdu]

8. Thanks for the welcome ...and its only 9.32pm here so I havent had

enough of the amber nectar to laugh at that yet ...later.( many are apparently just people who didnt have any family that cared)

[pkdu]

9. Spoiler Alert - only read ONCE once you have had a guess

The (at least to me) astounding number is 4768 ( thats the largest county in the US-of-A , but only 9.8 million out of 307 Million )

[LuvNewcastle]

10. That's unreal!

Where do they store them?

[pkdu]

17. I dont know..that a great question! n/t

[Contrary1]

23. If possible, DNA is extracted...

Fingerprints obtained, dentals charted. If there are any specifics...scars, tattoos, unique body attributes, all charted. Pictures taken.

After that, they are usually either buried or cremated.

[Contrary1]

13. Not looking for a flame war, but...

a good percentage are Hispanic. Same goes for Texas and Arizona. Many that come across the border illegally carry no ID, or fake papers with bogus names.

I belong to an online group that attempt to match John/Jane Does with missing persons. Many that go unidentified are young children and teenagers.

It's sad.

[pkdu]

14. Yes , many are hispanic , but not all hispanic sounding names are illegals

( no flaming intended)....they seem to have ID ( with DOB , place etc...many even in the USA , so not illegals)

Now , yes., there are also many that have no DOB and are apparently illegal immigrants.

But all the same ...I still this its a very sad situation... to be dead and unclaimed , regardless of circumstances.

[Ghost in the Machine]

19. Your online group sounds interesting, is there a link to check out the group?

Thanks in advance :hi:


Peace,

Ghost

[Contrary1]

22. Yep, here it is...

The Doe Network: http://www.doenetwork.org

Here's the link to our sister group, which takes care of the missing person cases from 10 years to recent.

North American Missing Persons Network: http://www.nampn.org

All eyes welcome! :hi:

[Ghost in the Machine]

18. They buried 1900 in 2007...

County Officials To Bury 1,900 Unclaimed BodiesLOS ANGELES (CBS) ―

Dec 6, 2007 9:32 am US/Pacific

The cremated remains of more than 1,900 people whose identities are unknown and whose bodies were never claimed will be buried Thursday in Boyle Heights in a ceremony attended by a handful of Los Angeles County officials.

"We've done this for decades, giving closure to these lives that never had proper closure. It's really kind of an unknown aspect of the county," David Summers, a spokesman for county Supervisor Don Knabe, told the Daily News.

The burials will take place where 100,000 forgotten souls are already packed into common graves, in a hidden corner of a cemetery filled with austere monuments to some of Los Angeles' early movers and shakers, according to the Daily News.

For 70 years, county officials have held private ceremonies on land donated for a potter's field beside 130-year-old Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights, the oldest public cemetery in Los Angeles, according the newspaper.
http://cbs2.com/local/Unclaimed.Bodies.Los.2.604130.html

[ColbertWatcher]

21. Well, I was off.

Damn.

[Contrary1]

12. I would guess about 2,500...n/t

[pkdu]

16. delete - spoiler

[ColbertWatcher]

20. Over 1,000? n/t