Louisiana’s official death toll from Hurricane Katrina has risen to 896. Most of the bodies have been brought to a temporary morgue set up in St. Gabriel, about 15 miles from Baton Rouge, while more than 100 bodies remain in local parish coroners’ offices. Only 32 bodies have been released to families for burial, as authorities scramble to identify the dead. Despite reports of many beatings and throats slit at the convention center and Superdome in New Orleans, the Department of Health and Hospitals said only two bodies found at those evacuation sites were believed to be murder victims. They reportedly had gunshot wounds.