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Body with gunshot wound found in search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims

A body with a bullet core in its skull was uncovered during the search for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn Cemetery

Body with gunshot wound found in search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims

A body with a bullet core in its skull was uncovered during the search for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn Cemetery

PLANES. NEW TONIGHT, FORENSIC EXPERTS GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE WORK TO IDENTIFY THE VICTIMS OF THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE. A TEAM IS ANALYZING DNA, THE OAKLAND CEMETERY AND THE BODIES THAT WERE FOUND THERE THIS WEEK. EXPERTS DISCOVERED ONE VICTIM WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO, THE HEAD. AT THIS TIME, EXPERTS BELIEVE THE VICTIM WAS AN ADULT MALE. UPON INVESTIGATING THE SECOND VICTIM ALSO WAS FOUND WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. THEY’RE WORKING TO CONFIR
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Body with gunshot wound found in search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims

A body with a bullet core in its skull was uncovered during the search for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn Cemetery

A body with a bullet core in its skull was uncovered during the search for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn Cemetery. As excavation and lab analysis work continued at the cemetery, a forensic anthropologist discovered one of the three sets of human remains exhumed last week contained a gunshot wound. | MORE | From the KOCO 5 Archives: Interviews with Tulsa Race Massacre survivors“At this time, experts believe the victim to be an adult male,” said a news release from the city of Tulsa. “Though no definitive information on race or potential relation to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can be confirmed at this time.”The gunshot victim was buried in a plain casket, according to the release. This is the second body found with a gunshot wound during the search for potential victims of the massacre. The first was found in last year’s excavation. | MORE | More bodies are exhumed as search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims continues“DNA analysis of the first gunshot victim continues in Utah with Intermountain Forensics and no definitive information about potential relation to the Tulsa Race Massacre can be confirmed at this time,” said the release. Twenty-six burials have been found since Oct. 26, and four sets of remains have been exhumed for analysis.

A body with a bullet core in its skull was uncovered during the search for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn Cemetery.

As excavation and lab analysis work continued at the cemetery, a forensic anthropologist discovered one of the three sets of human remains exhumed last week contained a gunshot wound.

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| MORE | From the KOCO 5 Archives: Interviews with Tulsa Race Massacre survivors

“At this time, experts believe the victim to be an adult male,” said a news release from the city of Tulsa. “Though no definitive information on race or potential relation to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can be confirmed at this time.”

The gunshot victim was buried in a plain casket, according to the release.

This is the second body found with a gunshot wound during the search for potential victims of the massacre. The first was found in last year’s excavation.

| MORE | More bodies are exhumed as search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims continues

“DNA analysis of the first gunshot victim continues in Utah with Intermountain Forensics and no definitive information about potential relation to the Tulsa Race Massacre can be confirmed at this time,” said the release.

Twenty-six burials have been found since Oct. 26, and four sets of remains have been exhumed for analysis.