By Ashlee Banks ·Updated May 13, 2022
The Department of Justice has reopened an investigation into the murder of Charles Oatman and the slayings of several Black men who were killed during the 1970 Augusta Riot that followed.
Fifty-two years ago, 16-year-old Charles Oatman died in police custody after being jailed for several months. According to WJBF News, an autopsy report showed that Oatman died from drowning and his body was covered
