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Photos: Dozier School for Boys excavation photos

Researchers said they have exhumed 55 bodies from the grounds of the notorious Dozier School for Boys in north Florida.

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

George Owen Smith, of Polk County, who was 14 when he disappeared from the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in 1940.

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University of South Florida researchers said that 55 bodies have been exhumed from the grounds of the notorious school. (1/28/2014)

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