Body Found on Island Pushes Ike Death Toll to 72
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Oct 8, 2008 at 1:45 PM CST
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Oct 8, 2008 at 4:35 PM CST
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - An animal control officer stumbled across the body of a Hurricane Ike victim on an island near where the storm slammed ashore last month, bringing the national death toll to 72.
The Galveston Medical Examiner's Office said the unidentified victim was found Monday on Goat Island, a narrow point of uninhabited land off the devastated Bolivar Peninsula. This was the fifth Hurricane Ike victim found on the island.
Monday's discovery pushed Ike's toll in Texas to 37.
More than 1 million people evacuated the Texas coast because of Ike. The storm caused flooding and deaths as far away as Pennsylvania and Illinois.
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Tuesday, Oct 14 at 12:17 AM Show some respect wrote ...
For you information yes. The reason why they don't give that info out because family members are notified first Susan just incase the family does not want that information out to the public Or they have no clue as of yet until the victim is identified. It's called RESPECT for the family and the dead. So try to show some respect.
Wednesday, Oct 8 at 3:57 PM Susan wrote ...
Would it be so hard to at least give age, race or gender of the victims? Just because one is not a relative, does not mean they are Jon or Jane does!
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