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Two More Sets Of Remains From Reform School Identified

TAMPA, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — Researchers said they have identified two more sets of remains buried on the grounds of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.

In August, University of South Florida researchers said they had identified George Owen Smith as the first of 55 bodies they exhumed from the grounds of the renamed Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, an institution with a troubled history where the facilities were often decrepit and guards were accused of brutality.

Researchers will announce details regarding two more sets of remains during a news conference Thursday.

Some former students from the 1950s and 1960s have for at least a decade accused employees and guards at the school of physical and sexual abuse, but the Florida Department of Law Enforcement concluded after an investigation that it couldn't substantiate or dispute the claims.

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