{"id":19629,"date":"2021-06-28T14:33:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoklahomaeagle.net\/?p=19629"},"modified":"2021-06-28T14:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:33:45","slug":"bullet-found-in-remains-in-search-for-tulsa-massacre-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/2021\/06\/28\/bullet-found-in-remains-in-search-for-tulsa-massacre-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullet Found In Remains In Search For Tulsa Massacre Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/ap-top-news\/bullet-found-in-remains-in-search-for-tulsa-massacre-victims\/\">www.wjbf.com<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAP) \u2013 A bullet has been found in a set of human remains that were exhumed during a search for victims of the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tulsa-lifestyle-massacres-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-a43ee9ad81a5567289da777f7b8f7824\">1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,<\/a> a search team member said Friday.<br \/>\nNine sets of remains have been examined and the bullet was found in the shoulder of a man, forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield said. Other parts of the man\u2019s remains showed similar signs of trauma, including to the head.<br \/>\n\u201cHe has multiple projectile wounds,\u201d she said, referring to gunshot wounds.<br \/>\nStubblefield said she could not identify the type of bullet, which is the only one found thus far among examined remains. Of the nine sets, four are the remains of adults and five are those of juveniles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\"><a class=\"promo-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/news\/u-s-world-news\/on-centennial-of-tulsa-race-massacre-biden-announces-plan-to-narrow-racial-wealth-gap\/\">On centennial of Tulsa race massacre, Biden announces plan to narrow racial wealth gap in emotional speech<\/a><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The remains have not been confirmed as belonging to victims of the massacre and forensic lab work by Stubblefield is expected to take three to four weeks.<br \/>\nSearchers have found 35 coffins containing remains in Tulsa\u2019s Oaklawn Cemetery and have sent 20 of the coffins for forensic examination, according to state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-254766 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-3307349.jpg?w=900\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-3307349.jpg 2811w, https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-3307349.jpg?resize=300,231 300w, https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-3307349.jpg?resize=768,592 768w, https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-3307349.jpg?resize=934,720 934w, https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-3307349.jpg?resize=1536,1184 1536w, https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-3307349.jpg?resize=2048,1578 2048w, https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-3307349.jpg?resize=50,39 50w, https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-3307349.jpg?resize=876,674 876w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2811\" height=\"2166\" \/><figcaption>3rd June 1921: injured and wounded men are being taken to hospital by National guardsmen after racially motivated riots, also known as the \u201cTulsa Race Massacre\u201d, during which a mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US. (Photo by Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One exhumed coffin, believed to be for an infant, contained no identifiable human remains, according to Stubblefield.<br \/>\nStackelbeck said the search, which in October revealed the first <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ok-state-wire-us-news-massacres-oklahoma-tulsa-ab3fe2966781d1ff689fdd58932cbfad\">12 sets<\/a> of remains, has concluded and that the findings will be analyzed before a recommendation will be made on whether to search the cemetery again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\"><a class=\"promo-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/news\/descendants-of-tulsa-race-massacre-survivors-share-how-they-discovered-their-direct-tie-to-the-devastating-event\/\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\">Descendants of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors share how they discovered their direct tie to the devastating event<\/a><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Searches of two other Tulsa locations where massacre victims are believed to have been buried are planned.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tulsa-racial-injustice-race-and-ethnicity-fc9c5f49f5be1d14a5a6f8321b210239\">1921 massacre<\/a> occurred when a white mob descended on the Black section of Tulsa \u2014 Greenwood \u2014 and burned more than 1,000 homes, looted hundreds of others and destroyed its thriving business district. Most historians who have studied the event estimate the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tulsa-massacres-race-and-ethnicity-af589e8c37a31bcd30f0f7977a9ca4c0\">death toll<\/a> to be between 75 and 300.<br \/>\nKavin Ross, chairman of the Public Oversight Committee for the search, called the findings thus far sobering.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are so hopeful for more findings. \u2026 There was no documentation of the few that we did find, by the city or anywhere else. \u2026 I am so happy that we did at least find these folks,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.wjbf.com &nbsp; AP) \u2013 A bullet has been found in a set of human remains that were exhumed during a search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a search team member said Friday. 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