DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

As of 2am of Tuesday, 8 April 2025, the National Forensic Sciences Institute (Inacif) was against the worst catastrophe handled in its history. The collapse of the roof of the JetSet Club presented an unprecedented challenge the pathologists were not prepared for.

The corpses would be delivered to the Inacif to carry out the autopsies and the slow and tedious legal procedures to certify these persons as dead and indicate the causes of death. The delays in handing the corpses to the grieving families caused the relatives to despair.

The media shared the pain and sorrow and frustration of the relatives who awaited the bodies to be delivered to them. Attorney General Yeni Berenice Reynoso one evening was at the Inacif to listen to the relatives and express her solidarity and urge these to be patient.

On Sunday, 13 April 2025, the Minister of Public Health Victor Atallah and the director of the lnacif...