Investigators dispute New Mexico granddad's claim that remains in 'extremist Muslim' compound belong to missing boy
However, the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigators told Fox News on Thursday that those claims were in dispute, and that medical examiners are still working to identify the remains.
"The remains are in a state of decomposition that has made identification challenging," chief medical investigator Kurt Nolte said. "Investigators often try to compare remains to radiologic images, fingerprints, DNA or other identification materials."
"At this time, investigators are using all known methods to make an identification, but this will not be a quick process. If we must rely on DNA results, identification could take many weeks," the office said.
Siraj Wahhaj, a Brooklyn imam who, according to the New York Post, was named by prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, claimed the remains were the missing boy's.
He said he learned from other family members that the remains were Abdul-ghani's, and that other children who lived at the compound said the child was buried there after he died.
We may still get bad news regarding Little Abdul but as of yet, the coroner and investigators have not mad their final announcements. The Imam Wahhaj should not have come out with this statement. @new4now@fogdryer@InnocentAngel
It seemed really fast for authorities to make a positive ID. It makes sense that the children would be talking and relay that information. How sad for all those kids having to live like that and see what they have seen.
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carmencita ago
I was researching Little Abdul and found this from Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/09/investigators-dispute-new-mexico-granddads-claim-that-remains-in-extremist-muslim-compound-belong-to-missing-boy.html
Investigators dispute New Mexico granddad's claim that remains in 'extremist Muslim' compound belong to missing boy
However, the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigators told Fox News on Thursday that those claims were in dispute, and that medical examiners are still working to identify the remains.
"The remains are in a state of decomposition that has made identification challenging," chief medical investigator Kurt Nolte said. "Investigators often try to compare remains to radiologic images, fingerprints, DNA or other identification materials."
"At this time, investigators are using all known methods to make an identification, but this will not be a quick process. If we must rely on DNA results, identification could take many weeks," the office said.
Siraj Wahhaj, a Brooklyn imam who, according to the New York Post, was named by prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, claimed the remains were the missing boy's.
He said he learned from other family members that the remains were Abdul-ghani's, and that other children who lived at the compound said the child was buried there after he died.
We may still get bad news regarding Little Abdul but as of yet, the coroner and investigators have not mad their final announcements. The Imam Wahhaj should not have come out with this statement. @new4now @fogdryer @InnocentAngel
Shizy ago
It seemed really fast for authorities to make a positive ID. It makes sense that the children would be talking and relay that information. How sad for all those kids having to live like that and see what they have seen.