Crime & Safety

Major Investigation Underway After Remains Of 2 Children Killed In 1985 MOVE Bombing Nowhere To Be Found

Eleven members of MOVE died when the city bombed their compound on Osage Avenue in densely populated West Philadelphia.

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April 27, 2021

A major investigation is now underway after a disturbing revelation. There is outrage over the handling of human remains from the MOVE bombing.

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The University of Pennsylvania has retained external legal counsel to figure out why the Ivy League school’s museum held onto the remains of a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old who were killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing for decades.

In a series of statements, the university is apologizing to the Africa family, the remaining members of a pro-revolutionary organization that was entangled in a heated standoff with police and the city in the 1970s and 80s.

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