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December 22, 2014

Crime

The Lost Bones

For more than a century, boys were sent to the Florida School for Boys reformatory. Many were beaten brutally and bear the physical and psychological scars to this day. Many others, though, never came home.

  1. Ground Truth

    A search for lost boys and the reasons why they died.

  2. Puzzle Pieces

    A neglected cemetery yields more bodies than expected, but names are harder to find.

Ben Montgomery Tampa Bay Times Dec 2014 50min Permalink