[brytlea]

How could he tell which were homeless from looking at the body?
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[Khepera]

Because if you live in NO you are homeless. Simple really. Just look at em!

[EQAndyBuzz]

"How could he tell which were homeless from looking at the body? "

They have a little "W" tattooed in the side of their head.

[siunevada]

How could he tell which were homeless from looking at the body?

He's a Mortician...And He's Psychic!

I think we can sell this concept as an hour long drama to NBC.

[Rakkasan1]

they all had their "will work shelter" signs on them?

[whershey]

In particular after it'd been sitting in the water in 90 degree weather for a few days.

I'd say it's racism but it would probably be hard to even tell the race.

Also I'm not sure how he know they drowned or how he knows for certain that some were homicides.

[thoughtomator]

Probably from the condition of the body. I'm sure there are lots of physical signs of homelessness.

[MizSterious]

That's the big question. Corpses who have been in the elements a long time are not going to look well-groomed and well-dressed. This guy is a 'Rat shill, nothing more.

[Richard Kimball]

He's making a guess, of course. However, many homeless are pretty identifiable. They usually carry all their belongings with them, either in a back pack or in their pockets, most have poor hygiene. They're frequently wearing two or three shirts, as it's easier to wear them than carry them. Many of the homeless are those that were turned out from mental institutions, and therefore can't take care of themselves.

We had some minor flooding in Austin, TX, back in the early 80's, and an entire homeless camp disappeared. We found bodies for quite a while after that (probably 18 or 19 in the camp, so the numbers were small). Even a couple of years later, people would find a partial skull or something downstream. There's no proof they were all homeless, but that's the best guess. We did find some murder victims, also. Lots of secrets are hidden in the rivers that run through large cities.