---What I dont understand is how is it possible to ID a body blown into small pieces, within 18 hours. ---
The head is usually left intact.
"---What I dont understand is how is it possible to ID a body blown into small pieces, within 18 hours. ---
The head is usually left intact."
So are fingers, some of them anyway. Any one is sufficient for an identification but most agencies will require at least two, still no problem unless there is a fire. (I have some experience with this kind of work.)
This may answer your question.
Lahargis (on another thread) pointed out this comment from the article below:
http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/02/433f3c43d0f24
"Drake Melson, University College freshman, said he went past a police barricade and saw a bomb robot near the bench where the bomb had detonated.
“What I saw from the video feed from the bomb robot was pretty graphic. Just imagine someone who was wearing pants and seeing nothing from the waist up. It was really disturbing,” he said."