The Dozier School for Boys, Dr. Elizabeth A. Murray
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The Dozier School for Boys
Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past

Author: Dr. Elizabeth A. Murray

Narrator: Steve Wojtas

Unabridged: 2 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/31/2019


Synopsis

Some true crimes reveal themselves in bits and pieces over time. One such case is the Florida School for Boys, a.k.a. the Dozier School, a place where—rather than reforming the children in their care—school officials tortured, raped, and killed them. Opened in 1900, the school closed in 2011 after a Department of Justice investigation substantiated allegations of routine beatings and killings made by about one-hundred survivors. Thus far, forensic anthropologist Dr. Erin Kimmerle and her team from the University of South Florida have uncovered fifty-five sets of human remains. Follow this story of institutional abuse, the brave survivors who spoke their truth, and the scientists and others who brought it to light.

Author Bio

Dr. Elizabeth A. Murray had always wanted to be a writer, a teacher, a scientist, or an explorer. Now that she is a college professor and a forensic scientist, she is active in all of those fields. A native Cincinnatian, she enjoys taking difficult concepts in science and explaining them in a way that is interesting and relevant to her students.

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