White House Boys

The "White House Boys" are a group of four men, all former residents of the Florida School for Boys in Marianna. The men claim that the bodies of 32 teens and young boys were abused, killed and buried in unmarked graves on the reform school's property in the 1950s. Florida's Governor Charlie Crist requested that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigate the graves.CNN: Search of 32 Graves Ordered at Florida Reform School (December 9, 2008)

In June of 2009, Troy Tidwell, who is believed to be the last remaining possible suspect, came face to face with Bryant Middleton, a former student who claims he was abused. Tidwell has denied his involvement and says he did not witness any others beating or abusing students.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/16/florida.boys.school.lawsuit/index.html#cnnSTCText

Another family whose lives have been impacted by the atrocities committed at the Florida School for Boys came forward in 2009. Identifying themselves only with pseudonyms to protect their identity, the family gave their story to CNN. The husband and father was a victim who had attended the boy's school as a child. According to the family, he ended up abusing his own kids and turning to a life of alcoholism as a result.CNN: Abuse was reform school's lesson... (March 5, 2009)

• Allied: Horror at Marianna - The White House Boys Speak. (December 9, 2008)