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  "id": 8172985,
  "title": "What happens when an unidentified body is found in South Africa?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/what-happens-when-an-unidentified-body-is-found-in-south-africa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T04:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-09-18-what-happens-when-an-unidentified-body-is-found-in-south-africa/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When a body cannot immediately be identified, police and forensic investigators use fingerprints, DNA, missing-person records and other evidence to establish who the deceased was and how they died.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "What lessons can South Africa learn from China’s Xinjiang province?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/what-lessons-can-south-africa-learn-from-chinas-xinjiang-province",
        "published": "2026-09-18T05:43:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}