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The walking dead, the past doesn't mean anything. >> reporter: before dr. kimmerly's discovery a florida state investigation in 2009 determined there was no evidence of criminal activity connected with any of the deaths or any abuses at the facility. one has admitted spankings did take place. many called it a cover up. >> john, you're looking at a live picture of the researchers doing their work now. this is tedious and delicate work. they have found some fragments of human remains and found pieces of hardware from the coffi coffins. this process will take several months and hopefully reunioni...

Panhandle. the question is will the dead help unlock the sinister secrets of what happened on these grounds decades ago? >> the bones will tell the truth. they will be able to study whether there was a fracture or a bone broke or whatever. that will help to bring out the truth and some closure to this whole situation. >> reporter: the school for boys closed in 2011. its painful legacy haunts this place. over the last few years dozens of former students have come forward to tell stories of how teachers and administrators dealt ruthless beatings, sexual abuse and even murder more than 50 years a...

Of former students and their family members. >> this is something that this might be another part of our sordid past. >> reporter: now florida officials could soon begin digging up that past. and this cemetery could hold the clues. many families are asking for the bodies buried here to be ex humid, all because of the work of dr. aaron kimmerly and a team of anthropologists from the university of south florida. for years state officials said 31 boys were buried in this tiny cemetery on the school grounds. but using high-tech equipment, dr. kimmerly's team found evidence of at least 19 more bodi...