Although the number of deaths caused by DANA in the province of Valencia has not been updated, the statistic remains at 211 (219 in all of Spain if we add the seven deaths recorded in Castella-La Mancha and deaths in Malaga), yes this the number of missing people has been updated. Offices ante mortem permitted by the National Police and the Civil Guard, in collaboration with forensic doctors, recorded this Wednesday at 8 p.m. 93 active cases of disappearance reports, four more than yesterday, Tuesday, when there were 89. The Court Superior of Justice of the Comunitat Valenciana (TSJCV) clarified that the data on active disappearances and the total number of deaths “are different, so in no case should they be added together.”
In this sense, he stressed that active disappearance files “may increase or decrease depending on new identifications of existing deceased persons, the increase in reports of disappearance or the location of living persons.”
The files ante mortem active missing persons correspond exclusively to complaints in which relatives have provided different data and biological samples as well as to complaints lodged in ante mortem offices which allow the subsequent identification of their relatives.
199 autopsies carried out
For its part, the morgue of the City of Justice of Valencia received from the DANA, and until 8 p.m. this Wednesday, a total of 199 deaths, all with autopsies already carried out, which were referred to Fira València (84) . of these victims have already been handed over to their families for funerals). Of the total of these people, 145 are fully identified (127 by fingerprints and 18 others by DNA); while 54 people remain unidentified, according to the latest update of figures from the Data Integration Center (DIC).
Offices ante mortem They are located, in the case of the Civil Guard, at the Patraix Command, 4, rue Calamocha; and in the case of the National Police, at the Superior Police Headquarters, Gran Vía Ramón y Cajal, 42. Both in the city of València. Mobile offices have also been installed to collect data and complaints from relatives of missing people, and thus avoid them having to travel to Valencia, in the towns of Albal (Civil Guard post, Tabacalera street), Alfafar (municipal social assistance building, Calle La Taleta, 38) and Algemesí (local police checkpoint, Calle Sant Nicolau de Bari, 56). Its uninterrupted hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Forensic and police specialists in the identification of fatal victims repeatedly emphasize the need for relatives of those missing in a tragedy like the one that occurred in Valencia to go to these offices ante mortem to report and provide biological samples and any information allowing identification of your loved one in the event of death.
In the areas affected by DANA, 20,000 military personnel continue to work on the ground, including soldiers, firefighters, agents of the National Police, Civil Guard and local police, as well as members of civil protection , to clean the devastated areas and search for the remains of the victims, mainly in the mouths of the Túria, in the channels of the Magro river and the Poyo ravine and in the Albufera, as well as in the industrial areas of Riba-roja and the ‘Origuilla.
83 burial permits issued
The courts of Torrent, Catarroja, Alzira, Valencia, Mislata, Llíria and Requena, the most affected by the damage, issued, until this Wednesday at 3 p.m., 83 burial or cremation authorizations to funeral directors, who are are responsible for collecting the mortal remains at the morgue located in Fira Valencia.
Thus, in the Courts of Torrent, which make up the municipalities of Alaquàs, Aldaia, Paiporta, Picanya and Torrent itself, 43 burial authorizations have already been granted; In the judicial district of Catarroja, corresponding to the municipalities of Albal, Alfafar, Benetúser, Catarroja, Llocnou de la Corona, Masanasa and Sedaví, there are 19 permits issued to family members; In the judicial district of Alzira, five licenses were processed; four in Valencia; three in Mislata; seven in Requena; and in Llíria, two.
At the judicial headquarters of the territories concerned, appearances continue to take place with the relatives of the deceased who have already undergone an autopsy and have a positive identification report from the Institute of Legal Medicine, IML, and the Civil Guard or the National Police. .