Anthropologists , authorities exhumed casket of Thomas Curry in Philadelphia this week . Curry , 17 , became part of that tally in 1925 when he died `` under suspicious circumstances while escaping Dozier twenty-nine days after arriving , '' says the court order permitting his exhumation this week . Exhumation part of probe into deaths , disappearances at Florida 's infamous Highlands School . Curry 's casket had no human remains ; authorities now search for body at Dozier . Ex - inmates allege beatings , sexual abuse , disappearances ; ex - guards deny abuse occurred .
Anthropologists , authorities exhumed casket of Thomas Curry in Philadelphia this week . Exhumation part of probe into deaths , disappearances at Florida 's infamous Highlands School . Curry 's casket had no human remains ; authorities now search for body at Dozier . Ex - inmates allege beatings , sexual abuse , disappearances ; ex - guards deny abuse occurred .