The offices ante mortem enabled by the National Police and the Civil Guard in collaboration with forensic doctors have counted up to 8 p.m. this Tuesday 89 cases of active missing persons as a result of the DANA and subsequent floods that affected the province of Valencia last October 29, according to figures from the Data Integration Center (CID).
These active cases correspond exclusively to the complaints in which family members have provided different information. and provided biological samples that allow the subsequent identification of their relatives, according to the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV).
The CID indicates that it is important to note that the reports of missing persons with active files in the offices ante mortem do not equal the total number of missing persons that the tragedy could have generated, since there may be cases of disappearance that have not yet been reported..
In addition, these 89 active cases of reported disappearances have to be put in relation to the number of deceased persons who have already been autopsied at the Institute of Legal Medicine (IML) but are pending identification, which amount to 62.
According to the latest CID balance sheet, forensic experts have carried out in this whole episode. 195 autopsies of the deceased in the DANAThe same that have been admitted to the morgue of the City of Justice of Valencia. Of this total, 133 are fully identified. Of these identifications, 119 have been achieved by fingerprint analysis and the remaining 14 by matching DNA samples.
Identification data
Data that can be provided by relatives of missing persons at the offices. ante mortem to facilitate identification range from photographs, personal and anthropometric profiles, medical histories, x-rays or clothingThe following may include, but are not limited to, tattoos, dental records, surgical operations performed, use of internal prostheses or pacemakers, among others.
For identification by means of genetic profiling, the greatest reliability lies in the biological samples from relatives direct ascendants and descendants, as well as the delivery of effects of personal use belonging to the missing person such as a toothbrush or a razor blade.
The offices ante mortem are located, in the case of the Civil Guard, at the Patraix Command, at 4 Calamocha Street; and in the case of the National Police, at the Police Headquarters, at Gran Vía Ramón y Cajal, 42, both in the city of Valencia.
In addition, they have been mobile offices have been installed to collect data and complaints. of relatives of missing persons, and prevent them from having to travel to Valencia. They are located in the towns of Albal (Civil Guard Post, Tabacalera Street), Alfafar (Municipal Building of Social Welfare, La Taleta Street, 38) and Algemesí (Local Police station, Sant Nicolau de Bari Street, 56). Its opening hours are from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm.