The identification process should be complete by next week.

Forensic scientists are not policemen. We are scientists. We deal with these matters objectively. We do not [act] on our suspicion,

We can appreciate the emotional trauma these families have suffered and we want to be able to say accurately and honestly what we have,

What if, under that hypothetical scenario, they called in a dermatologist, an obstetrician and a psychiatrist.

He wasn't a boxer, but that's a general term that we would use to denote changes in the brain of a degenerative nature, ... They can be from one intensely traumatic injury, or they can be from repetitive and cumulative injuries, which is what we believe happened here.

This is analogous to what is colloquially known as being punch drunk, ... We believe the microscopic changes in the brain are consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy or a degeneration over time that set the stage for the final result. The meningitis was not bacterial or viral or the kind you see in college dorms or army barracks.