Part two: When her body is exhumed after 30 years, investigators find nothing new. Time to move on?
The remains of Linda Cummings were exhumed from El Toro Memorial Park on July 13. 2004. A pair of blue-shirted cemetery workers put on leather gloves and lifted the plywood that had protected Space 9 overnight. They worked silently, chipping away at the last bit of dirt surrounding a concrete encasement. They muscled out three concrete slabs from the top of the encasement, exposing a coffin.
The casket had deteriorated badly from 30 years underground, and a tangle of tree roots had ensnared the decrepit old box. Finally, after 45 minutes chipping away roots, the crew signaled they were ready. It was time for Linda Louise Cummings to return from the grave.
But then he stepped away when he saw his colleague, DNA expert Camille Hill, walking over. I was trying hard to steal my emotions, as she whispered something to him, earnestly yet quietly. He nodded his head. Reporter Larry Welborn watches as the remains of Linda Cummings were exhumed from El Toro Memorial Park on July 13. 2004. At the coroner’s office, I was directed to the viewing area adjacent to Autopsy Room 2. Dr. Richard Fukumoto, the dean of Orange County pathologists, was prepared to take up the challenge of a 30-year-old post-mortem search for genetic clues.
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