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A community is outraged after human remains connected to the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia were found at The Penn Museum.
According to the Daily Pennsylvanian , On Wednesday, Penn Museum announced the discovery in a published statement called “Towards a Respectful Resolution.”
In the statement, the museum said that while conducting an “ongoing comprehensive inventory of [the museum’s] biological anthropology section,” they found remains that matched the records of 12-year-old Delisha Africa.
“As we promised the Africa Family and our community in 2021, we have acted with speed and transparency in returning the remains, and we will continue to do so with all human remains in our care,” the statement said.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time bodies from MOVE were found in the possession of the museum.
In 2021, the Penn Museum held the remains of Katricia Dotson for more than 35 years until Penn was exposed in April 2021.
Civil rights attorneys Bakari Sellers and Daniel Hartstein , who represented Katricia’s brother, Lionell Dotson, said they were disgusted with Penn Museum after the recent findings of Delisha Africa’s remains.