Archaeologists Continue Search For Tulsa Race Massacre Victims At Oaklawn Cemetery

The archeologist searching Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa says one of the six people exhumed there this summer was found to have been shot twice with different weapons. The City of Tulsa is halfway through the fourth round of excavations at Oaklawn in the search for possible victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. 

The discovery marked the third likely massacre victim found with gunshot wounds, among other remains where the cause of death has not been determined. 

A team of archeology and forensic researchers have searched the Southwest corner of Oaklawn, uncovering 40 previously unknown graves last week. 

Researchers are working around the grave site that DNA testing linked to C.L. Daniel, an Army veteran, the first person identified by name among remains found during the search. 

Each set of remains exhumed Friday was placed into a cardboard casket for removal and draped with a flag for the City of Tulsa, which is sponsoring the search.

"Those two individuals to the East (of the Daniel grave) are of interest in particular because the individuals are in containers too small for their stature," said Archeologist Dr. Kary Stackelbeck, which she said seems to be common among the remains believed to have been hastily buried in 1921.

Dr. Phoebe Stubblefield is doing the forensic work that determined one unidentified likely victim was shot twice. 

Three gunshot victims in all have been discovered during the searches at Oaklawn

Stacklebeck said additional searches will continue next week at Oaklawn as they determine whether more exhumations will be needed.