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Another unidentified Ike victim's body found near Bolivar Peninsula

11:53 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 8, 2008

By Sara Foley / Galveston County Daily News

PORT BOLIVAR — Search crews found the body of another unidentified Hurricane Ike victim Monday night on the marshy island where four other bodies were found since the storm.

The body was found in the massive debris piles on Goat Island, across Galveston Bay from Port Bolivar.

Another body found earlier is still in the rubble. Crews had not yet been able to move it to the morgue because it’s trapped under heavy pieces of debris.

Much of what used to be on Gilchrist and other parts of the Bolivar Peninsula came to rest on the island, which is covered with remnants of houses and boats and trash.

Search and rescue crews have scoured the island for days, Galveston County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo said. It is only accessible by boat, and the Galveston County Medical Examiner’s office has had to borrow boats to retrieve bodies from the piles of rubble.

So far, only one of the five people found on the island has been identified.

Herman Thomas Mosely, of Gilchrist, was found on the island Sept. 27.

Medical examiner’s office spokesman John Florence said more people could be found in the debris.

“It’s hard to describe what it’s like out there unless you see it,” he said. “It’s just coated with trash. It’s a real nightmare.”

The Goat Island body discoveries bring the storm-related death toll to 15 Galveston County residents. There have been 36 deaths in the Houston/Galveston region attributed to the storm.

Those in Galveston County are:

•Jim Devine, 76, of San Leon; died Sept. 16 of drowning;

•Robert Dort, 76, of Galveston; died Sept. 20 of health conditions;

•Martha Ferguson, 69, of Galveston; died Sept. 13 of health conditions;

•George Helmond, 72, of Galveston; found Sept. 14, died of drowning;

•Charles Lively, 79, of League City; died Sept. 15 of health conditions;

•John Manley, 66, of League City; died Sept. 15 of health conditions;

•Yong Sang Teo, 49, of Galveston; found Sept. 14, died of drowning;

•Carolyn Williams, 64, of League City; died Sept. 15 of health conditions;

•Unidentified woman, found in a Chambers County debris field Sept. 23; died of drowning;

•Mosely, of Gilchrist; found Sept. 27 on Goat Island;

•Paula Sue Mercer, of Gilchrist; found Sept. 27 on Goat Island;

•Unidentified man, found on Goat Island on Saturday;

•Unidentified woman, found on Goat Island on Saturday;

•Unidentified person, found on Goat Island on Monday; and

•Unidentified person, found on Goat Island, has not been moved to Galveston County morgue yet.