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With map once lost for decades and survey equipment, project hopes to locate hundreds of unmarked graves in potter’s field
A previously lost map of many of the graves in potter’s field was discovered earlier this year. After lying anonymously under the rolling lawn of Oak Hill Cemetery’s potter’s field for ...
1991 Queens slay victim to be exhumed from potter’s field for funeral after DNA finally reveals her ID
Judy Rodriguez’s body was found Aug. 25, 1991, bound at the ankles under a large wooden board in a grassy area off two Queens ...
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The ‘Boy in the Box’ was finally identified. DNA may now unravel the mystery of eight others buried next to him
After being buried in the potter’s field, with a headstone inscribed with “Heavenly Father, Bless This Unknown Boy, February ...
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Hart Island is open to the public – here are other NYC areas built over mass graves
Hart Island is one of the latest mass graves turned visitor attractions in New York City. Many of the city’s most popular parks were built over public burial grounds known as potter’s fields.
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The ‘Boy in the Box’ was finally identified. DNA may now unravel the mystery of eight others buried next to him
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. After 65 years, “America’s Unknown Child” was finally ...