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Update on Meridian Fire and Deaths

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM:
DOTTI OWENS, MA, D-ABMDI, ADA COUNTY CORONER DATE OF RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
THE ADA COUNTY CORONER ‘ S OFFICE RESPONDED TO 1570 W. AMITY ROAD IN MERIDIAN IDAHO, YESTERDAY AT 12:00PM. MY OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED AT 09:05AM; HOWEVER DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE SCENE AND THE INABILITY TO ENTER, DELAYED DISPATCH OCCURRED AT NOON.
TWO BODIES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE RESIDENCE, ONE ADULT MALE AND ONE ADULT FEMALE. AUTOPSIES ARE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY HOWEVER ANY FURTHER RELEASE OF INFORMATION FROM THIS OFFICE WILL BE HELD UNTIL FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION CAN CONFIRM IDENTITY AND FAMILY CAN BE NOTIFIED.
THE ADA COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE WILL UTILIZE A FORENSIC ODONTOLOGIST FOR THE IDENTIFICATION. THIS PROCESS IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AFTER THE COMPLETION OF AUTOPSY. THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS CAN BE COMPLEX AND A TIMELINE IS DIFFICULT TO GIVE. IN THE EVENT DENTAL IDENTIFICATION IS NOT POSSIBLE, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE DNA ANALYSIS.
THE RELESE OF IDENTIFICAITON BY THIS OFFICE WILL TAKE PLACE ONCE POSITIVE ID IS ESTABLISED AND NEXT OF KIN HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
DOTTI OWENS,
ADA COUNTY CORONER
Checkout Coroner Owens’ official release document for more information