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Image of Philadelphia Inquirer headline that reads “Penn says it has found more human remains from the MOVE bombing at its museum. Penn Museum officials disclosed Wednesday that they had uncovered the remains during an "ongoing comprehensive inventory of our biology section." BY AUBREY WHELAN” Photo of a smiling young girl named Delisha Africa wearing a bright orange shirt. Screenshot of caption that reads: Penn Museum says they are in possession of more human remains from the MOVE bombing - three years after it was first revealed that university researchers had kept remains from the 1985 tragedy. Penn Museum officials disclosed Wednesday that they had uncovered the remains during an "ongoing comprehensive inventory of our biology section." The remains matched records for Delisha Africa, who was 12 when she was killed with 10 other members of the Black liberation and activist group MOVE, the museum said. It was the latest development in the decades-long saga surrounding the MOVE bombing and its aftermath - widely considered one of the most outrageous acts of government violence in Philadelphia history, whose effects still reverberate among survivors, family members, and the city at large. After the bombing, two researchers at Penn were asked to help identify the remains of bombing victims whose identities were in dispute. For decades, they kept some remains at the museum — an open secret first publicized in The Inquirer in 2021. Penn's statement did not elaborate on the nature of the remains, or say how they were identified as consistent with Delisha Africa. Penn said that they had informed the Africa family of the findings. "We are committed to full transparency with respect to any new evidence that may emerge," the museum notes on its website.
November 15, 2024 at 10:56 PM