Inquests open into deaths of Jersey explosion victims
Deputy Viscount Mark Harris opened and adjourned the inquests to allow the release of their bodies for funerals.
The bodies of nine residents were recovered in the days following the explosion in St Helier, on 10 December.Image source,The bodies of Ken & Jane Ralph were found after the explosion, but Kathleen McGinness died more than two weeks later The nine residents who died at the Haut du Mont flats were identified by dental records, police told the hearing in St Helier.The residents who died were Peter Bowler, Raymond Brown, Romeu and Louise De Almeida, Derek and Sylvia Ellis, Ken and Jane Ralph, and Billy Marsden.
The cause of death for the 10th victim, Kathleen McGinness, 73, who lived in an adjacent building, remained undetermined, it was told. However, pathologists were satisfied that all 10 bodies could be released for funerals to take place.Det Supt Alison Fossey, of Jersey Police, told the hearing the investigation would be long and complex and could take several months.
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