Wait, the bodies are still in the school? You'd take them to the morgue.

You don't leave them at a crime scene. They have to go into a refrigerated environment to prevent decay.

https://www.wbal.com/article/568085/109/texas-school-shooting-live-updates-bodies-of-nine-victims-released-to-funeral-homes

Nine of the deceased victims' bodies were released to funeral homes in Uvalde on Wednesday evening, Uvalde County Justice of Peace Eulalio Diaz told CNN.

More -- possibly all -- of the remaining bodies are expected to be released at some point on Thursday, according to Diaz. It will mark the beginning of the funeral arrangement process for many grieving families in the wake of the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. There are two funeral homes in Uvalde, and both are offering free services to families of the victims.

In a county of less than 50,000 people, there is no medical examiner and the justice of the peace in the state of Texas assumes the responsibility of the county coroner, according to Diaz.

Diaz described his job of going in and assessing the bodies of the dead at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting. He said Irma Garcia, one of the teachers who were killed, was a former high school classmate of his.