Louis Cataldie
Louis Cataldie
Dr. Louis Cataldie was the Medical Incident Commander for the state of Louisiana, United States...
bodies
Unfortunately, we may not know if she's here, ... Some bodies that we get may never be identified.
chance condition finding visual
Unfortunately, the condition in which we're finding our individuals essentially eliminates any chance of a visual identification,
marks personal tattoos
We'll look for things like identifying marks such as tattoos and personal effects. We'll get DNA. We'll do X-rays if they have prostheses and we'll do fingerprints if we can.
allowed coming discourage family members
We discourage family members from coming here, ... They will not be allowed on the premises. This is not the place to come.
bones deal folks inside mandatory news
A lot of these folks have been casketed for a long time, so we've only got bones to deal with, ... Evidently, it's not mandatory to place identification inside the casket, which was news to me. That's not helping.
dental momma photo
You may not have a dental record, but you may have a photo of your momma smiling, and that's helpful,
dental good great records
Dental records are a great solution. A good dental record is akin ... to a good fingerprint.
arduous
This is going to be a long, arduous process. It's not going away.
air
I say if we got a cot and air conditioning, go for it. But that's me. If I had my way we'd be able to do them in a week.
months six surprised
I wouldn't be surprised if I'm here six months from now.
brown everybody eyes filth hands lady limp looks somebody understand
I think it's important for everybody to understand that it's about the individual, ... It's about the little lady with the big brown eyes who is in the Superdome in all that filth who looks at you and you can't do anything for. And somebody hands you a limp kid. And when you come back to her, she's dead.
visual water
Being in the water that long makes visual identification essentially an impossibility,
condition determination initial time
By the time we got these folks, the condition in which they were in made initial determination very difficult. I can just tell you there is no way to shorten the process.
dna given matching people
I'm told 400 to 500 people have come in and given DNA samples, but we've had no way of matching them,