morgue

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That was until a year later, when Nataliya was informed that a body had been identified in a morgue in south-eastern Ukraine, using a sample of DNA she had given.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

“We went to the morgue and there he was,” Irma said.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

Iranian state television released footage showing dozens of bodies in shrouds lined up inside and outside of a morgue near Tehran on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

On Friday, rescuers in Indonesia were struggling to reach the worst-affected areas of Sumatra island, while workers at a hospital in southern Thailand moved bodies into refrigerated trucks after the morgue exceeded capacity.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

“She double-checked the morgue and the hospitals around here. She’s not there, so that’s good.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko