The hospital identifiers.

The intake chronology.

The connection to Nora Vance.

The original records had associated remains with Melissa partly through property recovered at the crash.

The red canvas work bag became important.

It had been connected to Melissa in the identification process.

But later records and corroborating information indicated that Nora had the bag during the relevant period.

It wasn’t unusual for coworkers to carry one another’s belongings.