Taphophilia.(dot) Com - New Orleans coroner takes full responsibility for Katrina bodies

Welcome

Taphophilia (dot) Com...
A repository of morbid curiosities:
Thanatology and Taphophile Issues, Cemetery,
Funeral Industry and Death Related News.

What's at Taph?

Taphophilia Home

Thanatology Forums

Taphophile Weblinks

Taph's Article Archive

Contact Deadgirl

Donating to Taphophilia

Book Library

Deadgirl Recommends

Dig Deeper

Literature

Topics at Taphophilia

Deadgirl's Dictionary

Cemetery Photography

Industry News

Carved in Stone

A Taphophilia Thank You...

Taphophilia (dot) Com would not be possible without the knowledge, experience and talent of DarkestWeb. From
its conception and early development, DarkestWeb
was faced with many challenges; from inspiring and motivating, to providing guidance and direction. The continued dedication and support has produced results greater than ever expected, and for this, I owe a huge debt of gratitude.

Cemetery Snapshot

Announcements

Graveyards of Chicago:
The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries
By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski. Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Green-Wood Cemetery Arcadia Publishing announces the release of Alexandra Mosca's historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery and to browse other available titles!

Men of Mortuaries Calendar
To purchase your 2008 calendar, learn more about the KAMMCARES Foundation, or to be featured in the 2009 calendar, please visit Men of Mortuaries.

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers
For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints, Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture
with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman is now
available. Please visit
Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

New Orleans coroner takes full responsibility for Katrina bodies

Written by DeadGirl
Monday, 24 April 2006
The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state health department is turning over responsibility for identifying and releasing the bodies of people killed by Hurricane Katrina over to the Orleans Parish coroner. The state Department of Health and Hospital will provide DNA tests and analysis through June 30, and has made a contract with an expert requested by Coroner Frank Minyard, said Dr. Fred Cerise, secretary of the department. When the federal morgue in Carville closed March 1, DHH and Minyard moved all 205 caskets holding identified and unidentified remains to New Orleans. The coroner currently has 115, Cataldie said. John Gagliano, the coroner's chief investigator, said the office will store bodies for the St. Bernard Parish coroner, whose office and morgue were destroyed by the storm. Cataldie said DHH will provide meals and up to five hotel rooms through April 28 to house cadaver dogs and their handlers working with the New Orleans Fire Department to search the hardest-hit neighborhoods. That search has found 17 bodies so far, bringing the total number of Louisiana's victims from Katrina to 1,296, including 199 who died in other states and 193 reported by other parish coroners. Cataldie said 887 hurricane victims and 23 bodies of people who died from other causes were examined at the Carville morgue. DHH said it will use reports from Minyard to update reports on the number of people killed by the storm at its Web site http://www.katrinamissing.dhh.louisiana.gov. However, questions about identification and morgue operations should be directed to the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office at 504-202-4705, the agency said. As of Wednesday, DHH said that of 11,640 people reported missing after the storm, 10,094 have been found alive, 841 were killed and 705 are still considered missing. http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-24/1145480071188010.xml&storylist=louisiana

< Prev		Next >

[ Back ]

SEO by Artio

Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries