Another body found in search for Tulsa race massacre victims

 

October 23, 2020



OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The search for remains of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims on Thursday revealed another body in an unmarked mass grave at a Tulsa cemetery before coming to an end, Oklahoma's state archaeologist said.

"We are now able to confirm that we have at least 11 individual burials" in the area where at least 10 sets of remains were found in Oaklawn Cemetery on Wednesday, Kary Stackelbeck said.

"That's in addition to the original individual," who was located near the area on Tuesday, Stackelbeck added. "So now we have at least a minimum number of individuals of 12."

The remains...



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