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  • July 2008

    • Judge Tosses Out 9/11 Remains Case

      Reuters  |  Jul 7, 08 8:33 PM CDT

      Judge Tosses Out 9/11 Remains Case

      (Newser) - A lawsuit to have rubble from the Sept. 11 attacks given a proper burial was dismissed in a US court today, Reuters reports. Victims' families contend that the estimated 1.5 to 1.8 million tons of debris contain human remains, and must be removed from the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island. But a judge ruled that New York City had "acted responsibly" in the "difficult and complicated" task of disposing the rubble. More »

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      court  • World Trade Center  • judge  • 9/11 attacks  • terror attacks  • remains  • debris

  • November 2007

    • Mom Describes Beating, Killing 'Baby Grace'

      Associated Press  |  Nov 27, 07 9:25 AM CST

      Mom Describes Beating, Killing 'Baby Grace'

      (Newser) - Texas police are investigating whether Riley Ann Sawyers, known as “Baby Grace,” was routinely abused by her mother and stepfather before they allegedly killed her, stored the body, then dumped her in Galveston Bay, reports the AP. In an affidavit, Kimberly Trenor said they beat the girl, held her underwater, and threw her across a room before disposing of her body. More »

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      Texas  • DNA  • missing child  • remains  • Galveston  • Baby Grace

    • Texas Police Tentatively ID Baby Grace

      Daily News (Galveston Co., Texas)  |  Nov 26, 07 4:55 AM CST

      Texas Police Tentatively ID Baby Grace

      (Newser) - The remains of a young girl whose body washed ashore in a storage bin were tentatively identified by Texas officials yesterday, and the child's mother and stepfather have been arrested on charges related to her death. The child called Baby Grace is now thought to be 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyer, based in part on a description from the baby's grandmother in Ohio. More »

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      Texas  • DNA  • missing child  • remains  • Baby Grace

  • September 2007

    • WTC Victims' Families Grieve All Over Again

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 11, 07 2:46 PM CDT

      WTC Victims' Families Grieve All Over Again

      (Newser) - Many of those affected by the 9/11 attacks are still burying loved ones as remains are found and slowly identified, making closure hard to achieve, the Boston Globe reports. "How many times are you going to bury somebody?" asks the widow of a man killed in the World Trade Center. Others have the opposite problem, struggling to accept death without remains. More »

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      terrorism  • September 11  • World Trade Center  • survivors  • forensics  • remains

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