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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KYMA, KECY/CNN) - Dr. Danielle Kurin, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, believes the remains of a body recently found may be one of three victims still missing in the Montecito mudslides.
According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Office, Dr. Kurin is “over 90% certain that these remains are those of Jack Cantin.” Cantin, 17, is one of 23 victims who died in the previously mentioned mudslides.
In a one-page Fast Fact Forensic Report prepared by Dr. Kurin, the anthropologist stated that the remains found are “are consistent with those of Jack Cantin.
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Special Investigations Bureau detectives discovered multiple videos that appeared to depict Coughlin having sexual intercourse with unconscious women.
The District Attorney’s Office issued the following statement:
“District Attorney Joyce Dudley stated that the defendant was indisputably a rapist who preyed upon extremely vulnerable victims. Dudley expressed her deep appreciation and admiration for the prosecutors in this case, Megan Chanda and Michelle Mossembekker, as well as members of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Department. Dudley also stated that but for the bravery of the testifying victims/survivors, this defendant would never have been prosecuted.”
“Now, as a result of all of their collective efforts, the defendant will no longer be able to prey upon any more victims,” Dudley said.
UCSB anthropology students helped in search for Montecito teen s remains
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and last updated 2021-07-24 01:20:55-04
UC Santa Barbara Anthropology undergraduate students helped in the search for the remains of Jack Cantin, the teen who has been missing since the 2018 mudslide in Montecito.
The group of students and their professor tell KSBY that they began to uncover the remains of Cantin over Memorial Day.
The January 9, 2018 mudslide took the lives of 23 people.
In the weeks, months, and years that followed, there were countless searches to find two-year-old Lydia Sutthithepa and 17-year-old John Jack Cantin.
An estimated four million bucket loads of mud and debris was moved to no avail.
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“A lot of times they start by looking for ads online, looking for minors or indicators that they know a lot of the time to be true of human traffickers,” she said.
McGaw told the team not to be afraid to create these partnerships with law enforcement and highlighted how it’s beneficial to have a detective there to build rapport and a trusting relationship with the victims.
Many times when the task force is interacting with a victim or survivor for the first time, the victim or survivor is very resistant to work with a detective because they don’t always align themselves with law enforcement in a positive light, Rheinschild said.