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Many places that would accelerate the end of the life of that person. >> reporter: cemetery workers tell us the number of deaths have doubled since the storm pointing to dozens of graves they believe are related. graves that cemetery workers tell us will not be getting a headstone anytime soon because families can't afford them after maria. nahhalio's family paid $4,000 for his funeral, still owes $1,000. to qualify for assistance from fema, the death must be certified as hurricane related. but puerto rico's list of certified deaths hasn't changed since early december. the official death toll ...

Person's. >> reporter: cemetery workers tell us the number of deaths have doubled since the storm pointing pointing to dozens of graves they believe are related, graves that cemetery workers tell us will not be getting a headstone anytime soon because families can't afford them after maria. natalio's family paid $4,000 for his funeral and still owes 1,000. the death must be certified as hurricane related to get aid. but pruk's list of certified deaths hasn't changed since early december. the official death toll stands at 64, even though the government's own death statistics in 2017 show an inc...

Once 24-hour service. carmen rodriguez martinez, her family tells us she died because she didn't have power for the machine she depended on for oxygen. dr. torres listed hurricane maria as contributing factor on her deather istivecate. >> is maria still killing people? >> yes. yes. i'm sure this case is not an isolated case since there is no electrical power in many cases that would accelerate the end of the life of that persons. >> cemetery workers tell us the number of deaths have doubled since the storm pointing to dozens of graves they believe are related. graves that cemetery workers tell...

That. >> arthur bennett may be dead, but in nightmares of young women scattered around the u.s., terrible memories linger on. >> i'm going to have to die with this in my head and in my heart, no matter how hard i try to forget it, no matter how hard i to move on. it's always going to be there. it's not something that i can go back and change. >> on august 3, 1999, five years after authorities thought they had laid arthur bennett to rest in a military graveyard, they buried him for real in a civilian cemetery on the outskirts of las vegas. this time there was no military fanfare, no mourners or...

Shoddy record keeping. in the new issue of "time," we hear from cemetery workers who talk about how deep the problem goes. one employee estimates one in ten graves has the wrong head stone. "time" magazine contributor mark benjamin wrote that article. and, so when you go to talk to the military authorities, what do they say they're going to do about it? >> well, what they say they're going to do is look at the paperwork that keeps track of who is buried where and try to figure out where people are. but what they say they're not going to do, which is just as, i think, more important, is they're...