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INDIANAPOLIS
INSTRUCTOR TOOK 4
STUDENTS TO THE
TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER
TO HELP IDENTIFY THE
HUNDREDS OF OF
MIGRANTS BURIED
THERE IN A MASS
GRAVE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KEVIN
RADER HAS A LOOK AT
WHAT THEY FOUND --
AND THE WORK THEY
STILL HAVE TO DO.
THE FORENSICS LAB AT
THE U OF I ALREADY
HANDLES CASES FROM
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS
BUT NOW A SMALL
GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS
ARE TAKING ON A
MUCH BIGGER JOB FOR
ONE VERY SIMPLE
REASON. THEY
BELIEVE EVERYONE
DESERVES TO BURIED
WITH A NAME.
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TEN MONTHS HAVE
PASSED SINCE FOUR
UNIVERSITY OF
INDIANAPOLIS
FORENSIC STUDENTS
AND THEIR TEACHER
TRAVELED TO BROOKS
COUNTY TEXAS TO
HELP IDENTIFY THE
HUNDREDS OF
UNIDENTIFIED
MIGRANTS BURIED
THERE.
"THIS IS SOMETHING WE
DO EVERYDAY BUT DOWN
THERE IT WAS DIFFERENT.
IT WAS EMOTIONAL. WE
WERE INTERACTING WITH
THE COMMUNITY. IT MADE
IT ALL SO REAL."
THEY SPENT 7 DAYS
THERE AND BROUGHT
13 SKELETONS BACK
TO INDIANA WITH
THEM. ALL
VOLUNTEER. ALL
WORKING ON THEIR
OWN TIME.
"WE KNOW SOMEONE IS
WAITING FOR THEM TO
COME HOME. THAT IS THE
FIRST THING WE WORK TO
KEEP IN MIND. THERE IS A
LOVED ONE OUT THERE
WHO IS LOOKING FOR THAT
PERSON."
"TO MAKE THAT FINAL
IDENTIFICATION GIVE
PEACE TO THAT FAMILY
WOULD KIND OF MAKE THIS
WHOLE PROJECT EVEN
MORE WORTHWHILE THAN
IT ALREADY IS."
NOW THEY ARE
PREPARING TO GO
BACK THIS JUNE. THIS
TIME FOR TWO WEEKS
AND KEEP IN MIND
THEY DON'T GET ANY
CREDIT FOR DOING
THIS.
"WE GO BACK BECAUSE IT
IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE
DOING."
"YOU SEE FAMILIES,
PEOPLE WAITING TO
RECOVER PEOPLE THAT
THEY KNOW ARE LOST
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE."
NOW THE GROUP IS
WORKING TO RAISE
MONEY. THE
UNIVERSITY OF
INDIANAPOLIS IS
DONATING THE SAME
AMOUNT OF MONEY AS
LAST YEAR BUT THE
GROUP IS EXPANDING
AND NOW PLANNING TO
STAY TWO WEEKS.
"WE BELIEVE ALL HUMANS
HAVE BASIC RIGHTS. AND
RIGHT NOW THESE PEOPLE
ARE BEING FORGOTTEN.
THEY ARE BEING BURIED
WITHOUT A NAME AND OUR
GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE
THEY GET THAT NAME."
THE GROUP IS NOW
WORKING TO RAISE
MONEY AS WELL TO
PAY FOR THE
UPCOMING RETURN
TRIP. SELLING THESE
WRISTBANDS AND THE
UNIVERSITY IS
ACCEPTING
DONATIONS. THE ARE
GIVING A LECTURE
ABOUT THEIR ORDEAL
APRIL 2ND ON THE
UNIVERSITY OF
INDIANAPOLIS CAMPUS.
KEVIN RADER CHANNEL
THIRTEEN EYEWITNESS
NEWS.