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| Doctors release report on body believed to be Daniel Pearl's |
| 2002-05-21 |
| An autopsy report shows the body believed to be that of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was a white man whose neck had been slit and left hand tied with green rope. Doctors submitted the report to police as forensic experts took tissue samples from the body for DNA testing to establish the identity of the dismembered remains. "It is suspected that the body is of (Pearl) but nothing could be said with authority until proven through DNA," said Pakistani Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider. "The DNA process has already been started but it will take some time." I'd suspect that it's him. In fact, I'll be surprised if it isn't. The remains were found Friday in a shallow grave in this southern port city. The remains were found in 10 pieces, including a severed head, near a blood-splattered shack where authorities believe Pearl was held by his captors. It's very Islamic to enjoy butchering people. It's in the Koran somewhere; you could look it up. It's only twelve virgins or so, though. I heard on FoxNews the other evening that the shack was owned by al-Rashid Trust. The source close to the investigation, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the body was that of a white man, about 5 feet 8 inches or 5 feet 9 inches tall. A jacket that had been buried with the body was described as tri-colored - dark pink, dark black, dark green - apparently resembling a track suit that Pearl wore in photos taken by his captors, the source said. Testing of the samples will take place at two labs in Lahore, and no samples will be sent abroad until all tests are completed here, Haider said after meeting with Karachi Police Chief Kamal Shah, who said Sunday that testing could take up to a week. Investigators will call in FBI assistance if needed. Don't imagine this'll have much effect on Omar Sheikh's trial, which is already circus enough. But it will do away with the argument that "you can't convict for murder without a body." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |