Researchers find 24 additional bodies at Dozier School for Boys
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Researchers say the remains of
55 people have been excavated from a graveyard at a former reform school
with a history of abuse.
University of South Florida researchers began
surveying the graveyard at the now-closed Arthur G. Dozier School for
Boys in Marianna in September.
On Tuesday, the researchers said they had unearthed
five more bodies than they previously thought they would find. Official
records indicated 31 burials at the north Florida site, but researchers
had estimated there would be about 50 graves.
The team finished the dig in December. Now researchers are attempting to identify the remains and determine the causes of death.
The school opened in 1900 and closed in 2011. Former inmates from the 1950s and 1960s have detailed beatings and abuse.
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