"My father said if they ever build on that gravesite, that the building will be haunted, spirits will walk in and they will always regret they put a building up there."

What used to be a black cemetery could now become a townhouse development.

The question of whether to allow the housing project will be debated by the Deerfield Beach City Commission at a special meeting Tuesday night.

The decision whether to approve the townhouse plan will cap a 40-year debate about the future of the 3-acre tract on the southwest corner of Southeast Fourth Street and Second Avenue.

But whether the land is developed or not, one problem for family members of those buried there remains: Where are the bodies?

Read more at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.