Video: News crew goes inside Dozier School for Boys

This video was filmed in March 2013, but it gives an inside look into the now closed Dozier School for Boys. The school opened in Marianna, Florida on Jan. 1, 1900, and was at one point one of the largest reform schools in the United States. Today, forensic analysis is being performed on bones excavated from the grounds

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to determine if the nearly 100 bodies located on the property died due to violence; making the area a crime scene.

The battle to dig on the state-owned property has been long, but thanks to Florida Governor Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi, the way has been paved and Associate Professor of Anthropology Erin Kimmerle at the University of South Florida (USF) is leading a team on a year-long, project to exhume and examine bodies on the property.

While the first bones were removed from an area known as the "Boot Hill Cemetery", many survivors believe it is likely and highly possible that there are bodies buried throughout the grounds. The Dozier School for Boys encompasses a wide area of 1400 acres.

Here is a look inside the now defunct Dozier School for Boys from ABC Action News

Families who have been waiting decades may soon get the answers they demand. The Dozier School for Boys in Florida's panhandle is days away from being designated a massive crime scene.