PROVIDENCE, R.I. The widow of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects will ask the Massachusetts medical examiner to release his body to his family, her attorney said Tuesday.
Attorney Amato DeLuca said in a statement that Katherine Russell wants Tamerlan Tsarnaev's remains released to the Tsarnaev family.
Tsarnaev, 26, died after a gunfight with authorities. Police said he ran out of ammunition before his brother, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, dragged his body under a vehicle while fleeing the scene.
Authorities say the medical examiner has determined the cause of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's death but it will remain private until his remains are released and a death certificate is filed. His parents are still in Russia, but he has other relatives on his side of the family in the U.S.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, a crime that carries a potential death sentence. He lies in a prison hospital after being wounded in the shootout with police as he and his brother made their getaway attempt.
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DeLuca said Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow met with law enforcement "for many hours over the past week" and will continue cooperating. FBI agents on Monday visited her parents' North Kingstown, R.I., home, where she has been staying, and carried away several bags.
"Katherine and her family continue to be deeply saddened by the harm that has been caused," DeLuca said Tuesday.
Terrel Harris, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, said Tuesday evening that the state had not yet received Russell's request to release her husband's body.
He said arrangements must be made to release the body and once that happens a death certificate will be filed and the cause of death made public. He said it is too soon to speculate on when that might happen.
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Meanwhile, investigators have identified female DNA on a fragment of one of the bombs used in Boston. It's not clear what that means -- the DNA could have come from an injured spectator, or perhaps from a clerk who sold the materials used in the bombs, according to law enforcement sources. But, there's also a chance, it could lead the FBI to a female accomplice.
If the female DNA found on the bomb was Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow's, CBS News senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant FBI director, said on "CBS This Morning," it becomes "a critical moment" in the investigation. "(Law enforcement's) relationship with her may change," Miller said. "And the question is what do you do with that? She's already represented by a lawyer. It certainly becomes a circumstantial that says she may have handled the device or parts of the device and that opens the door she may have known."
Investigators say Russell is not a suspect and hasn't been charged in the plot. Her attorney has said she is fully cooperating with the investigation.
Attorney Amato DeLuca said in a statement that Katherine Russell wants Tamerlan Tsarnaev's remains released to the Tsarnaev family.
Tsarnaev, 26, died after a gunfight with authorities. Police said he ran out of ammunition before his brother, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, dragged his body under a vehicle while fleeing the scene.
Authorities say the medical examiner has determined the cause of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's death but it will remain private until his remains are released and a death certificate is filed. His parents are still in Russia, but he has other relatives on his side of the family in the U.S.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, a crime that carries a potential death sentence. He lies in a prison hospital after being wounded in the shootout with police as he and his brother made their getaway attempt.
[h=3]Boston bombings shootout[/h]
DeLuca said Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow met with law enforcement "for many hours over the past week" and will continue cooperating. FBI agents on Monday visited her parents' North Kingstown, R.I., home, where she has been staying, and carried away several bags.
"Katherine and her family continue to be deeply saddened by the harm that has been caused," DeLuca said Tuesday.
Terrel Harris, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, said Tuesday evening that the state had not yet received Russell's request to release her husband's body.
He said arrangements must be made to release the body and once that happens a death certificate will be filed and the cause of death made public. He said it is too soon to speculate on when that might happen.
[h=3]Boston Marathon bombing suspects[/h]
Meanwhile, investigators have identified female DNA on a fragment of one of the bombs used in Boston. It's not clear what that means -- the DNA could have come from an injured spectator, or perhaps from a clerk who sold the materials used in the bombs, according to law enforcement sources. But, there's also a chance, it could lead the FBI to a female accomplice.
If the female DNA found on the bomb was Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow's, CBS News senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant FBI director, said on "CBS This Morning," it becomes "a critical moment" in the investigation. "(Law enforcement's) relationship with her may change," Miller said. "And the question is what do you do with that? She's already represented by a lawyer. It certainly becomes a circumstantial that says she may have handled the device or parts of the device and that opens the door she may have known."
Investigators say Russell is not a suspect and hasn't been charged in the plot. Her attorney has said she is fully cooperating with the investigation.