Sept 5 2019
Amber Tuccaro’s family wants to exhume remains for DNA testing | The Star
"EDMONTON—Seven years after RCMP said they recovered the skull of Amber Tuccaro, her family has filed paperwork to exhume the remains due to doubts that they actually belong to her.
Amber, a member of Mikisew Cree First Nation from Fort Chipewyan, disappeared from the Edmonton area on Aug. 18, 2010 after travelling from Fort McMurray with her son and an acquaintance for a short vacation".
Last week, the family applied for a permit to exhume the remains in order to get a DNA test".
"Her brother Paul Tuccaro told Star Edmonton the family has had doubts since Day 1 as to whether the remains are actually Amber’s.
He said while he has seen autopsies take days, weeks and even months, his family was told the remains belonged to Amber the same day they were found, which made them suspicious. Furthermore, Tuccaro said they noticed discrepancies between Amber’s dental records and the skull’s dental fillings."