The police said last night that they were trying to identify the remains.

There were almost 300 family members waiting to identify remains.

The officials said they were in the process of identifying the remains.

I never saw John so upset as when we had to go out there and identify the remains.

But in other cases, it was considered unlikely officials would ever be able to identify the remains.

It gave him an odd feeling, as if he were trying to identify the remains of the brother he'd never had.

Of course, there was no way to identify the remains positively.

The forensic evidence almost certainly identified the remains as the victim's.

The medical examiner's office has been able to identify remains from only eight victims.

And science can identify remains in ways undreamed of only a few years ago.