A bit gruesome, yes, but the Cook County Morgue in Illinois was at a loss as to what to do with unclaimed bodies that started to stack up! So someone got the idea to post some pics online so that maybe someone might to be able to at least identify them.

Your first thought is probably one of disgust, but there are some souls that might have been estranged from their families and ended up passing away without any relatives knowing about it.

It's a good idea. Watch:

 

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