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A new victim of the Cazier mining disaster in 1956 identified: behind the scenes of 4 years of scientific work to “make DNA talk”

Consequently,

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 Many minors, notably of Italian origin, died in various mining disasters, including the most famous, in 1956, in Bois du Cazier. new victim cazier mining disaster Many minors, notably of Italian origin, died in various mining disasters, including the most famous, in 1956, in Bois du Cazier. new victim cazier mining disaster
Many minors. Therefore, notably of Italian origin, died in various mining disasters, including the most famous, in 1956, in Bois du Cazier. Furthermore, © Belgaimage

Cruel blow of fate – New victim cazier mining disaster

Unfortunately. Therefore, these very first results also resulted in four formal exclusions per DNA: new victim cazier mining disaster the victims named Eduardo Romasco, Francesco Martinelli, Edmondo Cirone and Francesco Cicora, who should have been part of these fourteen unidentified remains, are not there. Nevertheless, “It is impossible. Moreover, almost seventy years later, to know what happenedanalysis Patricia Vanderlinden of the DVI (Disaster Victim Indentification) unit of the federal police. Nevertheless, The most likely is that. For example, unfortunately, at the time, these bodies were identified as other people, and entrusted to other families. Even today. we remain affected by the impossibility of identifying them, notably Francesco Cicora, whose son is at the origin of this process of identification “.

Bones, teeth – New victim cazier mining disaster

In March 2024, Rocco Cecomancini was in turn formally identified. Very young, the victim was able to be identified thanks to several beams of clues, in addition to DNA comparisons. “His bone maturation was not finalizedindicates the legal expert. anthropologist Philippe Lefèvre, which indicates new victim cazier mining disaster an age around 17-19 years “. L’Ext Odontologue Eddy De Valck, ABULDE: “His third molar was not 100%trained, which confirms an age between 17 and 21 years old”. The bodies of the victims were reinhumed at the Marcinelle cemetery on October 8, 2024.

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Reinhold Heller is now formally identified, within fourteen “anonymous” victims of the Cazier wood disaster. It is the fourth minor thus identified. © Bois du Cazier

The hope of close enough descendants

Following a call launched by the Bois du Cazier. descendants of Reinhold Heller were found in Germany, half-sister and half-nephews. Stijn Desmyter. DNA expert at new victim cazier mining disaster the Incc (National Institute of Criminalist and Criminology), explains: “We have received 5 toothbrushes, in well-separated envelopes, which made it possible to generate five DNA profiles linked to each other and, therefore, also linked to the victim 5356, that is to say Reinhold Heller”. Vintage relationships testified to a wrist fracture suffered by Heller. “The body 5356 presents a distal fracture of the radius at the level of the left wrist”adds Philippe Lefèvre.

And it’s not over

They were fourteen anonymous. Four cannot be identified, four have been formally. There are four left. Pompeo Bruno, Nicolas Katzikis, Pietro Basso and Secondo Petronio, for which DNA tests are, so far, non-binding and two, François Allard and Amar Belamri, without possible results for lack of known descendants. “We have a real hope of at least being able to identify in the future the four victims with. non-binding tests. And, new victim cazier mining disaster perhaps, the other two, if we find fairly close descendants”concludes Patricia Vanderlinden, of the DVI.

The fourth anonymously identified anonymous victim

Patricia Vanderlinden, Senior Inspector DVI (identification of victims) new victim cazier mining disasterPatricia Vanderlinden, Senior Inspector DVI (identification of victims) new victim cazier mining disaster
Patricia Vanderlinden, Senior Inspector DVI (identification of victims) © Eda Mathieu Golinvaux

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