Offices ante mortem permitted by the National Police and the Civil Guard in collaboration with forensic doctors, at 8:00 p.m. this Tuesday, there were 89 cases of active disappearances due to the DANA and the floods that affected Valencia on October 29, according to figures from the Data Integration Center (CID) of the Valencia City Hall of Justice.
These active files correspond exclusively to complaints where family members contributed different data and provided biological samples which allow the subsequent identification of their loved ones, as reported by the TSuperior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV) in a statement.
The Superior Court of Valencia indicated that reports of missing persons with active cases in the offices ante mortem “They do not correspond to the total number of missing people this could have generated tragedy, as there may be cases of disappearances that have not yet been reported.
Furthermore, he added that these 89 active cases of reported disappearances “must be related to the number of deceased people on whom an autopsy has already been carried out at the Institute of Legal Medicine (IML) but are awaiting examination. identification”. which amounts to 62“.
Until now, the Generalitat Valenciana had not provided data on the missing and this is the first official figure that is proposed.
Autopsies
According to the latest report from the CID, closed at 8:00 p.m. this Tuesday, the assessments carried out throughout this episode. 195 autopsies of deceased at DANA, the same ones who entered the morgue of the City of Justice of Valencia.
Of this total, 133 are fully identified. Of these identifications, 119 were made by fingerprint analysis and the remaining 14 by DNA sample matching.
The data that relatives of missing persons can provide in ante mortem offices to facilitate identification range from photographs, personal and anthropometric profiles, medical history, x-rays or clothing, to personal effects, tattoos, dental records, surgical operations performed, use internal prostheses or pacemakers, among others.
For identification by genetic profiling, the greatest reliability lies in biological samples from ancestors and direct descendants, as well as the delivery of personal effects belonging to the missing person such as a toothbrush or razor blade.
The offices are located, in the case of the Civil Guard, within the Patraix command, at 4, rue Calamocha; and in the case of the National Police, it is located at the Superior Police Headquarters, Gran Vía Ramón y Cajal, 42. Both in the city of Valencia.
In addition, mobile offices have been set up to collect data and complaints from relatives of missing people and avoid them having to travel to Valencia.
They are located in the municipalities of Albal (Civil Guard post, Tabacalera street), Alfafar (municipal social assistance building, La Taleta street, 38) and Algemesí (local police checkpoint, Sant Nicolau de Bari street, 56). Its uninterrupted hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Information
The CID is a technical body composed of a Forensic Office and an Office of the State Security Forces and Corps, with specialized agents from the Civil Guard and the National Police, and its main function is to collect and supervise the various criminal complaints. . identification carried out by the different institutions of people who died during multiple victim events, under RD 32/2009.
This center is the only one authorized by this royal decree to publicly provide to the media, through the Communications Office of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community, official figures relating to the forensic and forensic treatment of the event .
