Family to claim Boston bombing suspect’s body

[DonViejo]

Source: AP/Salon

Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife, Katherine Russell, has agreed to release it

BY MICHELLE R. SMITH AND ERIC TUCKER

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Relatives of the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said as officials in both Washington and Russia deepened their investigations into him and his ties.

The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, has been at the medical examiner’s office in Massachusetts since he died after a gunfight with authorities more than a week ago.

Amato DeLuca, the Rhode Island attorney for his widow, Katherine Russell, said Tuesday that his client had just learned that the medical examiner was ready to release Tsarnaev’s body and that she wants it released to his side of the family.

Police said Tsarnaev ran out of ammunition before his brother, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, dragged his body under a vehicle while fleeing the scene. His cause of death has been determined but will not be made public until his remains are claimed.

full article at link

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/05/01/family_to_claim_boston_bombing_suspects_body_ap/

[kestrel91316]

1. THIS says a lot about how she feels about him, IMHO:

"....attorney for his widow, Katherine Russell, said Tuesday that his client had just learned that the medical examiner was ready to release Tsarnaev’s body and that she wants it released to HIS side of the family...."

[DonViejo]

2. I agree...

From all the stuff I've read about her in recent days (not all of it on DU), I came away with the impression she has been quietly enduring him for the last year, primarily because he's the father of her daughter. It wouldn't surprise me if she left religion all together in the next few years, once all the attention and news dies down.