University to create memorial for people whose remains were stolen and dumped in a well

People attend a memorial service standing behind caskets containing the remains of dozens of people whose remains were found in an abandoned well on the campus of VCU in Richmond, Va., in 2019. (VCU via AP) -

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) will spend $3.6 million on a memorial for dozens of people, mostly of African descent, whose bodies were stolen from graves, dissected by medical students, and dumped in a forgotten well.

The Richmond institution's board recently approved funding for the 'East Marshall Street Well Project', an effort to 'right wrongs committed more than a century ago'.