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1921 Graves Excavation Update - June 10, 4 p.m.; Next News Conference Scheduled for June 14 at Noon

6/11/2021
This article was archived on 8/8/2021

The formal exhumation process at Oaklawn Cemetery continues as crews work to carefully uncover burials and safely transport remains to the on-site lab for analysis. To date, the team has discovered 28 burials located within the mass grave feature. 

An update with State Archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck is now live on the 1921 Graves Facebook page, @1921Graves.

The next news conference with Kary Stackelbeck and Forensic Anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield is scheduled for Monday, June 14, at noon at the Tulsa Fire Museum, 1010 E. 8th St. 

For the latest news and information on the 1921 Graves Investigation, including photographs and drone video from inside Oaklawn Cemetery, visit www.cityoftulsa.org/1921Graves and follow 1921 Graves on Facebook.