Anonymous Katrina Victims Buried in Mississippi

Anonymous Katrina Victims Buried in Miss.
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Five months after Hurricane Katrina, a man and woman whose identities are still a mystery were laid to rest side-by-side Thursday, mourned by complete strangers in the first of what could be many such burials to come.

The Rev. Rex Yancey, who led the brief graveside service, urged the mourners to pray that the victims would someday be identified and reunited with relatives.

"I don't know your name, but you are not alone. We stand here with you as you journey home," the Baptist preacher said, reciting a poem he wrote for the occasion.

The bodies were found in different places about a week after the Aug. 29 hurricane. Nobody came forward to claim them, and after fingerprints, dental records and DNA tests failed to yield their identities, the local coroner decided the time had come to let them rest in peace.

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