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A day before the one-month mark of the Surfside condo collapse, Estelle Hedaya's family told CNN that she is the latest victim authorities have to find and identify.
"The hard part is seeing my parents like this, day after day," her brother, Ikey Hedaya, told CNN on Friday.
"I just want my sister to be at peace and receive the honor and respect she deserves."
Ikey says the family is guided by their faith and has found some comfort in that Estelle, 54, was "chosen for something very important."
However, they need a closure to be able to watch it properly.
Miami firefighters transfer to the police the recovery work in the rubble of the collapsed building
He's "pretty calm," but Ikey is aware that stress may have given him a sense of numbness.
Dozens of apartments in the Champlain Towers South building, a residential tower north of Miami Beach, were destroyed when part of the building collapsed early June 24.
Authorities have identified 97 victims, including 96 who were recovered from the crash site and one who died in hospital, Miami-Dade County officials said Wednesday.
Officials reported that they believe a victim is yet to be identified.
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They have identified 96 victims of the collapse in Miami so far
After prospectors swept through the debris for days and weeks, the landslide site is mostly clear and the debris has been relocated, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a statement.
Estelle Hedaya: Her family awaits official identification.
"A month is a long time for something like this," says Ikey Hedaya.
Fortunately, she says, the family has received continued prayers and support from her community.
A steady stream of visitors has also helped while waiting for the call.
"We can get a call today, but it can also take several more weeks," he says.
"[It is] impossible to know at this time."
Every time you get a call from the Miami 305 area code, like you did during the CNN interview, it stops you cold.
Unfortunately, that call was like the others, which have been sending the same message: authorities are still looking for remains.
"They extract DNA and test it, then an anthropologist has to do an analysis to see who the possible matches are," Ikey explains.
"They keep deleting until they find a match, but sometimes the test is inconclusive, so they have to extract more DNA and repeat the process."
The Miami-Dade Fire Department (MDFR) will shift search and recovery work to the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), according to Levine Cava's office.
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"The operation is ongoing, and MDPD continues to search the rubble pile for both human remains and personal items until they have completed an additional full search of the rubble," the mayor said Friday in a press release.
"At this step in the recovery process, it has become increasingly difficult to identify the victims, and we rely heavily on the work of the coroner's office and the scientific and technical process of identifying human remains," adds the release.
"This job gets more difficult as time goes by, although our teams are working as hard and fast as they can."
Remembering Estelle, Ikey says she was on the cusp of her life, "in every way."
Estelle, the oldest of three siblings, was the director of operations for a jewelry buying group.
His brother said that he loved to exercise, dance, and travel.
"I firmly believe that God helped her get to her prime in life and then decided it was best for her to retire at the top," she commented.
"My only regret is that I never told her how much I respected her and how much I admired that she kept getting better no matter what life threw her in," says Ikey.
"I never thought there would come a day when [I] would be here and she would not."
Will insurance policies go up after the tragedy in Miami?
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CNN's Andy Rose and Deanna Hackney contributed to this report.
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