Imagine The heartbreaking and pitiful possessions found on the skeletal remains of those who died trying to cross into the US

According to US statistic report,Each year, Arizona's Pima County Medical Examiner's Office receives about 176 remains (ie dead bodies) found in the desert on the U.S-Mexico border. And we found out that,Most of the remains belong to undocumented immigrants who died of dehydration trying to cross into the U.S.....how sad!! Forensic anthropologists try to identify the remains to be repatriated to their home countries, but those that are unidentified are cremated. In addition to the remains, the medical examiner also sifts through the personal items found on the bodies,but for the very first time in history the following items were recovered from the remains of one of the immigrants who died trying to cross the US border
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A bible, a toothbrush and family portrait: The heartbreaking and pitiful possessions found on the skeletal remains of those who died trying to cross into the US
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