The Organism of Judicial Investigation (OIJ) in Costa Rica confirmed that the remains of the 10 U.S. tourists who died in an airplane crash back in December 31st have been properly identified and the remains have been released for their burial.

On Tuesday authorities had already released the bodies of the crew members, both Costa Rican, and their funerals were held on Wednesday.

The body of 33-year-old Amanda Geissler, the group’s tour guide was released on Wednesday as well as those of the Weiss family, Michell (52), Leslie (50), Ari (16) and Hannah (19).

Finally, the five members of the Steinberg family, Bruce (50), Irene (51), Matthew (14), William (18) and Zachary (20), were released Thursday morning.

According to the authorities the remains were released to representatives of the Jewish community, ZAKA (non-profit organization that works in identification, extraction and rescue) volunteers dedicated to ensuring that the bodies of Jewish victims are identified and recovered to be buried according to Halakha,Jewish law.

The remains of Amanda Geissler, the Weiss family and the Steinberg family will now be returned to Wisconsin, Florida and New York, respectively, where their families await to give them proper burial.

The United States Embassy collaborated during the entire process to facilitate matters for the victims’ families and coordinate with the local authorities.

The Nature Air Cessna aircraft crashed in the mountains of Guanacaste on December 31 leaving no survivors. The U.S. tourists were traveling from Punta Islita, where they were vacationing, back to the Juan Santamaria Airport.

Costa Rican authorities are running an investigation to determine the cause of the accident.