by Peter Belfiore at The Daily Mail
Three young children were confirmed among the dead of the Surfside condo collapse as the official death toll rose to 94 on Monday morning, and Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said it was becoming increasingly difficult to identify the human remains found in the rubble.
Of the 94 bodies found, 83 have been officially identified and next of kin informed, and 22 people remain ‘potentially unaccounted’.
Ten more victims of the deadly collapse were named, including three of the youngest at ages 5, 6 and 9.
As of Sunday, at least 15 lawsuits have been filed in connection with the condo collapse.
Officials announced that the body of five-year-old Lorenzo De Oliveira Leone was found along with his father Alfredo, 48.
Also identified were sisters Anna Sophia Pettengill Lopez Moreira, 6, and Alexia Maria Pettengill Lopez Moreira, 9.
The girls were the daughters of Sophia Lopez Moreira, the sister of Paraguay’s first lady, and were the last remaining members of their family to be identified.
Their mother; father, Luis Pettengill; and housekeeper Leidy Vanessa Luna Villalba were recovered and identified on Thursday.
Their brother, three-year-old Luis Vicente Pettengill Lopez Moreira III was the youngest victim of the tragedy, and was identified on Friday…
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