69 autopsies in three days: the forensic rush to identify victims
Behind the tortuous pilgrimage of the families there is a procedure that, since 2009, has been regulated in Spain by a national protocol of medico-legal and scientific police action in events with multiple victims.
At the El Buen Pastor exercise house in Toledo, the Guardia Civil gathered family members in the garden at 10am on a Friday, 72 hours after a train accident. The agents informed them that they should prepare for the worst-case scenario, prompting a scream of pain and a woman to fall to her knees. The news caused a shift in the family's dynamics, sparking a painful debate among the over 100 people present about whether to break the news to the rest of the family or wait.
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