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His face had been disfigured by acid and I had to ask the mortuary attendants to push his tongue back so we could identify him using his teeth. – William Munuhe	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
There are wards which were completely washed away. The mortuary was swept away. You wouldn't know that once upon a time there was a mortuary there. The drugs and drug stores were washed away. – Julius Mucunguzi	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
By constructing the mortuary cavity, people created a shared space where community members could be placed all together, without any sign of certain individuals being given primacy. – Elisabeth Hildebrand	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This ritualized decapitation attests to the early sophistication of mortuary rituals among hunter-gatherers in the Americas, geographically, it expands the known range of decapitation in more than 2,000 kilometers (about 1,240 miles), showing that during the early Holocene, this was not a phenomenon restricted to the western part of the continent as previously assumed. – Andre Strauss	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They were devastated three days later when they went to the mortuary and learned that Carlos had ... multiple gunshot wounds to his face and upper body. – Cal Potter	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
These body parts were to be shifted to the district hospital mortuary, but we don't know how they have since been kept here in the police station, an investigation is still ongoing. – Ram Kishan Yadav	Found on CNN 9 years ago

His face had been disfigured by acid and I had to ask the mortuary attendants to push his tongue back so we could identify him using his teeth.

– William Munuhe

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

There are wards which were completely washed away. The mortuary was swept away. You wouldn't know that once upon a time there was a mortuary there. The drugs and drug stores were washed away.

– Julius Mucunguzi

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

By constructing the mortuary cavity, people created a shared space where community members could be placed all together, without any sign of certain individuals being given primacy.

– Elisabeth Hildebrand

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This ritualized decapitation attests to the early sophistication of mortuary rituals among hunter-gatherers in the Americas, geographically, it expands the known range of decapitation in more than 2,000 kilometers (about 1,240 miles), showing that during the early Holocene, this was not a phenomenon restricted to the western part of the continent as previously assumed.

– Andre Strauss

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They were devastated three days later when they went to the mortuary and learned that Carlos had ... multiple gunshot wounds to his face and upper body.

– Cal Potter

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

These body parts were to be shifted to the district hospital mortuary, but we don't know how they have since been kept here in the police station, an investigation is still ongoing.

– Ram Kishan Yadav

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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