BlueGin
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Lots of sadness and tragedy in this schools past. 
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Marianna, Florida (CNN) -- The work is moving at the speed of science. Slow. But that's not surprising when you're digging for long-forgotten answers.
Anthropologists, archaeologists and graduate students from the University of South Florida continued their mission Sunday to unearth Florida's tragic past by excavating what they believe are the remains of dozens of unidentified children on the grounds of a former reform school. The hope is to reunite them with their families for reburial.
The exhumations at the Dozier School for Boys -- which closed in 2011 -- are the culmination of years of controversy surrounding the reform school. Some of those who were once sent to Dozier, now senior citizens, have come forward with stories of abuse at the school -- including alleged beatings, torture, sexual abuse, killings and the disappearances of students -- during the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
The site being excavated this weekend is outside of a small, unkept patch of land with 31 white crosses that mark the final resting places for the unknown students who the state has confirmed were buried there.
Nearly 100 children died while at the school, according to state and school records, many as a result of a tragic dormitory fire in 1914 and a deadly flu epidemic in 1918. But the poorly kept state records cannot account for what happened to 22 other children who died, and no one knows who is buried where.
Dig at former Florida reform school yields coffin parts, bone pieces - CNN.com
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Marianna, Florida (CNN) -- The work is moving at the speed of science. Slow. But that's not surprising when you're digging for long-forgotten answers.
Anthropologists, archaeologists and graduate students from the University of South Florida continued their mission Sunday to unearth Florida's tragic past by excavating what they believe are the remains of dozens of unidentified children on the grounds of a former reform school. The hope is to reunite them with their families for reburial.
The exhumations at the Dozier School for Boys -- which closed in 2011 -- are the culmination of years of controversy surrounding the reform school. Some of those who were once sent to Dozier, now senior citizens, have come forward with stories of abuse at the school -- including alleged beatings, torture, sexual abuse, killings and the disappearances of students -- during the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
The site being excavated this weekend is outside of a small, unkept patch of land with 31 white crosses that mark the final resting places for the unknown students who the state has confirmed were buried there.
Nearly 100 children died while at the school, according to state and school records, many as a result of a tragic dormitory fire in 1914 and a deadly flu epidemic in 1918. But the poorly kept state records cannot account for what happened to 22 other children who died, and no one knows who is buried where.
Dig at former Florida reform school yields coffin parts, bone pieces - CNN.com
