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  La. toll rises as evacuees find dead in return to homes
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Last EditedRP  Nov 16, 2005 02:15pm
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News DateTuesday, November 15, 2005 04:30:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionMore than a month after the official search for victims of Hurricane Katrina ended, the death toll in Louisiana has jumped by 104 as returning families in the New Orleans area continue to find bodies.

Louisiana's decision to end the official search for victims last month triggered harsh criticism from Jack Stephens, sheriff of ravaged St. Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans. He said state authorities never completely searched some of the most heavily damaged areas where many elderly residents lived when Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29.
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