Unauthorized forensics describes the task of identifying the bodies of the victims

The coroner, who responded to the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has opened up about the laborious process of identifying the small bodies – and what happened to the shooter’s body.

Eulalio “Lalo” Diaz Jr., the city’s justice of the peace and de facto forensic pathologist, was on call when Salvador Ramos slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School on May 24.

“That’s when they tell me there are 16 to 17 victims, and most of them are children, and that, of course, was not what I wanted to hear,” Diaz told the US Sun.

“I did not know what the scene would look like, but I knew the children would not have IDs or name tags, so we do not know who these children are until we assess the process of what to do.”

To help with the unthinkable process, the forensic pathologist called Bexar County doctor in San Antonio before even entering the classroom, where students and teachers were killed, the US Sun said.

Diaz and the other official then went through the cumbersome and stomach-churning process of trying to identify the bodies using photographs and descriptions of the victims.

“We went pretty much person by person, victim by victim, with pictures, just to make sure this person matched the description and we were able to delete all the names,” he told the news media.

Diaz said he also decided to protect the ruined families from the corpse of the insane shooter.

“We also had to deal with him, so he was separated from the victims immediately there on the spot, and he was the last one to go,” he told the US Sun.

“I made sure I signed the order for the victims, sending them to the doctor’s office first. I signed a separate order for him. He did not leave until all the victims were gone,” he said.

“He was not going to the forensic pathologist until all the victims were back in Uvalde. When all the victims were released back to Uvalde, we sent him to the forensic doctor’s office, ”Diaz added.

Meanwhile, Ramos’ remains are being detained in an unknown county.

“At present, the family has still not given me instructions, but when they do, I will release him to the family and sign an order allowing the morgue to hold him to release him to the funeral home to handle the shooter,” he said. he to the US Sun.

“The whole city is first and foremost in shock that this happened to our community, and secondly, she asks, ‘What happened?'” Diaz added. “That’s the question that everyone is thinking about. Hopefully they can get some answers soon.”