HOSPITAL THIS TODAY, MEDICAL INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFIED THREE OF THE FOUR BODIES FOUND INSIDE THIS MUDDY CAR — PULLED FROM COCHITI LAKE ONE WEEK AGO. THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR CONFIRMS THE BODIES BELONG TO THREE YOUNG BOYS -- WHO ALONG WITH THEIR FATHER -- VANISHED NEARLY EIGHT YEARS AGO. VALERIE CASTRO IS LIVE AT O-M-I WITH OUR TOP STORY. OMI WAS HOPING TO USE DENTAL RECORDS TO MAKE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATIONS -- BUT SINCE THEY WERE DESTROYED, INVESTIGATORS HAD TO LOOK AT OTHER FACTORS. RICHARD JUNIOR, DANIEL AND CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ -- TODAY THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND 20, 17 AND 10 YEARS OLD. THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND IN A SUBMERGED CAR IN COCHITI LAKE LAST WEEK -- EIGHT YEARS AFTER THEY DISAPPEARED WITH THEIR FATHER, RICHARD SANCHEZ. 'When they’re brought in, they're mostly skeletonized, so mostly bone, there is some tissue but not much.' TODAY THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR CONFIRMED THEIR IDENTIFICATION. POLICE BELIEVE THE FOURTH BODY IN THE CAR IS RICHARD SANCHEZ. INVESTIGATORS SAY WITH NO FINGERPRINTS LEFT ON THE BODIES, THEY WERE HOPING THAT DENTAL RECORDS WOULD IDENTIFY THE REMAINS. 'We knew of a dentist but he didn't have the dentals any longer, it was eight years ago and they usually destroy after about 7 years.' WITHOUT THOSE RECORDS OMI HAD TO MAKE A PRESUMPTIVE IDENTIFICATION FOR THE BOYS BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BODIES AND THE MISSING PERSON'S REPORT. 'They were in the vehicle that they were supposed to be in and they were accompanied by the adult male who was there, so we don't believe this to be anybody else but these children.' NOW THAT THE BODIES HAVE BEEN ID'D INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BOY'S MOTHER CAN TRULY START THE GRIEVING PROCESS. 'From the day the car was pulled out of the lake she's believed it, you want to give her that end where you don't want to prolong this any longer than you have to so we try to do our work in a timely fashion so that she can get on with her process.'I...
HOSPITAL THIS TODAY, MEDICAL INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFIED THREE OF THE FOUR BODIES FOUND INSIDE THIS ...
