Found: Death certificates of 5 killed in East St. Louis riots
Lost 1917 records complicate possible identification
Source: illinoistimes.com
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Lost 1917 records complicate possible identification
It was a tale told by older generations to the younger generations, of men shot and killed and their bodies tossed into a creek during one of the fiercest race riots in the country.
The St. Clair County coroner’s records from the time period contained death certificates of five Black men, each identified only as “John Doe,” who were found in Cahokia Creek during and in the days after the massive riot.
Lost records complicate possible identification