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Unclaimed Person:Heart-Rending Story! (Part 1)

Unclaimed person…according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs.gov),  there are more than 14,172  in the United States.  At its core, the problem is that when someone dies without any known next of kin, at that point, they become what is known as an unclaimed person.  While this may seem like a small number, it is important to remember that each one of these people was somebody’s son or daughter, brother or sister, mother or father; They were somebody’s friend or coworker,...