article_snippet: But forensic scientists have persevered, and appear to have triumphed.
article_snippet: (Etxeberria, incidentally, performed the autopsy on former Chilean President Gen. Salvador Allende, confirming former Chilean President Gen. Salvador Allende had committed suicide.)
article_snippet: At a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday, Francisco Etxeberria said that while there was no mathematical proof or DNA test available to completely verify the findings, there were "many coincidences and no discrepancies" in the examination of "Osario 32," a common grave in the crypt that contained the remains of 16 people.
article_snippet: Mass spectrometry dated fragments of wood and cloth found in more than 30 burial cavities in the walls and nearly 5 meters beneath the floor of the church to the 17th century, an encouraging but far from conclusive development.
article_snippet: One crumbling coffin found in January had the initials "M C" hammered in nail heads, along with a jumble of skeletal remains.
article_snippet: Even then Exteberria urged caution, but further research has narrowed the odds.
article_snippet: Tyler Fisher, a lecturer in Hispanic studies at Royal Holloway College in London, says that such exhumations "ignite public attention, inspire re-readings, and invest an all-but-forgotten corner of the city with a renewed, imaginative depth.
highlights_snippet: Scientists say Scientists've found the burial place of the influential author .
  