October 27, 2005 Deceased Victims Released 10-27-2005October 27, 2005: Updated Number of Deceased Victims Recovered Following Hurricane Katrina
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, -
- Recovered Bodies – At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,062 bodies. This is an increase from 1,061 recovered bodies reported on Oct. 25, 2005.
- St. Gabriel Morgue Facility Totals:
869 – Total bodies examined at the morgue
197 – Released to Families
672 – Remain at the morgue
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- Released Bodies – Last week, LDH reported 158 bodies had been released to families. Today, that number has been updated to 197 released bodies.
185 – Storm-related deaths
12 – Medical examiner cases not storm-related
- Demographic Breakdown of the 185 Storm-Related Deaths (released):
Race: African-American - 86 bodies (46% of total), Caucasian – 91 bodies (49%), Hispanic – 5 (3%), unknown – 3 (2%).
Gender: 92 males (50%), 93 females (50%).
Parish of Residence: 18 (10%), Orleans – 125 (68%), Plaquemines – 2 (1%), St. Bernard – 23 (12%), Washington – 1 (1%), unknown – 15 (8%), out of state – 1 (1%).
- Deceased Victims Reported by Other Parish Coroners:
Ascension – 9 Assumption – 3
East Baton Rouge – 72 Iberia – 6
Jefferson – 30 Lafourche – 2
Livingston – 5 Plaquemines – 3
St. Charles – 8 St. Tammany – 7
Tangipahoa – 26 Terrebonne – 19
West Baton Rouge – 3
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