Action News Investigates Delays in Digging Up Dozier School

None — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Action News Investigates delays in digging up graves at the old Dozier School in Marianna.

We found the grounds at the former school in Jackson County falling apart during a recent visit.

The school housed children from around the state, including the Jacksonville area, who served court-ordered sentences there.

Over the years, boys who have survived the facility have claimed atrocities, including beatings, torture and other abuses.

Some families say their loved ones never returned home after being sentenced to the facility.

The remote location has 31 metal crosses painted white to mark the burial of more than two dozen children.   None of these markers include names of who is buried.

Researchers from the University of South Florida used a ground sonar device to discover at least 19 other bodies buried on the land.