Florida Governor Orders Investigation Into 32 Unmarked Graves At Reform School

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has ordered an investigation into 32 unmarked graves found at a reform school known for extraordinarily harsh discipline.

According to UPI:

”Please review all available resources and make every reasonable effort to determine the identities of these remains,” Crist wrote. “During the course of the investigation, please determine whether any crimes were committed and, if possible, the perpetrators of these crimes.”

Crist said four former residents approached him about the matter Monday. They claim the facility was a house of horrors where delinquent boys were flogged, sexually abused, and physically and mentally tortured.

African-American residents at the school sometimes disappeared without explanation in the 1950s and 1960s, and the men say they are convinced the youths were buried in the graves, the Herald reported.

Thirty-two graves and it takes 40-50 years for this to come out? Disgusting. Unfortunately, the parties responsible for this are probably long dead. It is bit hard to imagine that there is no foul play involved when the graves are not even marked.

Here is an especially disturbing account of of the school by a former student.