DNA tests needed to officially identify victims of fatal Fort Worth car crash, coroner says

FORT WORTH, Texas – The Tarrant County coroner says it could take months to officially identify the victims of a fatal car crash that killed five people earlier this week.

A mother, her three children and her boyfriend were killed on Monday in an accident involving a suspected drunk driver, family members said.

According to the coroner, at least four of the victims must be specifically identified through a DNA test.

“Scientific testing to identify humans using DNA is used whenever the remains are not suitable for visual identification or the use of fingerprints or odontological (dental) methods of identification,” the Tarrant County Coroner's Office said in a statement to FOX 4.

All DNA testing is performed at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth.

The family identified Willie Lee Gunn, his girlfriend Amber Hopewell and their youngest daughter Amiyah Fisher.

The other two children were not identified.

According to police, 19-year-old Eduardo Gonzalez was driving a Camaro at high speed on I-35W when he collided with the family's car, causing it to burst into flames.

Fort Worth police found alcoholic beverages in the Camaro. Investigators say the 19-year-old also smelled of alcohol and was speaking slurred. The results of a blood test are still pending.

Eduardo Gonzalez (Source: Fort Worth Police)

Gonzalez was charged with five counts of manslaughter while intoxicated.