The parents divergent statements indicates their love towards their own son. They deem it better to let him die in anonimity , even after accepting the fact that it was their son that thaey saw in the clippings. Had it been any otehr HUMAN I am sure they would have tried everything in the book to go out and try to establish whether the dead is their kin or not. To teh parents I would ask - if that was not you r son and shame if you're waiting for so called official confirmation, WHERE IS YOUR SON ? ?