The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys was an infamous reform school in the Florida panhandle opened in 1900. It was closed in 2011 following a Department of Justice investigation into allegations of abuse and murder. Some former students, who were at… Read More ›
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An empty coffin in Philadelphia creates more questions about notorious Florida reform school [UPDATE]
On Tuesday October 7th a research team from the University of South Florida (USF) exhumed a grave in Philadelphia belonging to Thomas Curry, a boy who died under “suspicious circumstances” in 1925. This excavation was related to the continuing investigation… Read More ›
USF Anthropology Team Identifies 2 More Sets of Human Remains From Infamous Reform School [Update]
The anthropology team from the University of South Florida (USF) has positively identified two more sets of remains exhumed from graves on the property once belonging to the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys: 13-year-old Thomas Varnadoe and 12-year-old Earl… Read More ›
First set of human remains ID’d from Florida reform school [Update]
The first set of 55 remains unearthed from graves at the now closed Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys have been identified by the anthropology team at the University of South Florida (USF). The researchers used DNA and other tests to identify… Read More ›
USF forensic anthropology team unearths remains from 55 people at infamous reform school.
The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys was an infamous reform school that was opened in 1900 and shuttered in 2011, following a Department of Justice investigation. The “school” was notorious for abusing its students and was plagued with horrifying… Read More ›
Second Excavation Begins at Florida Reform School
Last week, a team of anthropologists from the University of South Florida began a second round of excavations near Boot Hill, the cemetery at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, FL. Two bodies were exhumed in September using hand… Read More ›
University of North Texas’s Center for Human Identification to help ID Dozier Remains
The Daily Beast has a great article, written by Christine Pelisek, about next steps in the identification process of the Dozier remains. Pelisek also has some touching interviews with a survivor of Dozier and a relative of the one of… Read More ›
First Phase of Exhumations Finished at Dozier on Tuesday
Dr. Erin Kimmerle and the anthropology team from the University of South Florida wrapped up the first phase of exhumations at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, FL. By the end of the day on Tuesday, the team of… Read More ›
Human remains found outside cemetery at Dozier School for Boys
[Update Tuesday September 3, 2013] Video from WUSF News on the Dozier School for Boys exhumation work. Human Remains Found Outside Cemetery at Dozier School for Boys Saturday August 31, 2013 Researchers have uncovered human remains in one of three… Read More ›
Excavations to begin at Dozier on Saturday
The University of South Florida will begin digging up human remains from the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys this Saturday. This will be the first in a series of excavations, and is expected to last until next Tuesday. Earlier this… Read More ›
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