diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java
index b704cb363..c2831bef4 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntProperty;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.Restriction;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Property;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ResourceFactory;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Statement;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.shared.Lock;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.OWL;
@@ -60,13 +61,14 @@ public class PropertyInstanceDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements
             	getOntModel().getBaseModel().notifyEvent(new IndividualUpdateEvent(getWebappDaoFactory().getUserURI(),true,subjectURI));
             	try {
             		ontModel.remove(subjRes,pred,objRes);
+            		
             		updatePropertyDateTimeValue(subjRes,MODTIME,Calendar.getInstance().getTime(),getOntModel());
             	} finally {
             		getOntModel().getBaseModel().notifyEvent(new IndividualUpdateEvent(getWebappDaoFactory().getUserURI(),false,subjectURI));
             	}
             	try{            		
-            		getOntModel().getBaseModel().notifyEvent(new IndividualDeletionEvent(getWebappDaoFactory().getUserURI(),true,objectURI));
-            		List<Statement> depResStmts = DependentResourceDeleteJena.getDependentResourceDeleteList(objRes,ontModel);
+            		getOntModel().getBaseModel().notifyEvent(new IndividualDeletionEvent(getWebappDaoFactory().getUserURI(),true,objectURI));            		
+            		List<Statement> depResStmts = DependentResourceDeleteJena.getDependentResourceDeleteList(ResourceFactory.createStatement(subjRes, pred, objRes),ontModel);
             		getOntModel().remove(depResStmts);
             	} finally {
             		getOntModel().getBaseModel().notifyEvent(new IndividualDeletionEvent(getWebappDaoFactory().getUserURI(),false,objectURI));
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJenaTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJenaTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79155171c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJenaTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Statement;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.XSD;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
+
+
+public class PropertyInstanceDaoJenaTest {
+	String isDependentRelation =
+		" <"+VitroVocabulary.PROPERTY_STUBOBJECTPROPERTYANNOT+"> \"true\"^^xsd:boolean .\n" ;
+	
+	String nosePropIsDependentRel = 
+	"<"+VitroVocabulary.PROPERTY_STUBOBJECTPROPERTYANNOT+"> rdf:type owl:AnnotationProperty .\n" +
+    " ex:hasNose " + isDependentRelation;
+	
+    String prefixesN3 = 
+        "@prefix vitro: <" + VitroVocabulary.vitroURI + "> . \n" +
+        "@prefix xsd: <" + XSD.getURI() + "> . \n " +
+        "@prefix ex: <http://example.com/> . \n" +            
+        "@prefix rdf:  <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . \n"+
+        "@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . \n"+
+        "@prefix owl:  <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . \n";
+
+	
+    void printModels(Model expected, Model result){
+    	System.out.println("Expected:");
+    	expected.write(System.out);
+    	System.out.println("Result:");
+    	result.write(System.out);    
+    }
+    
+ 
+    @org.junit.Test
+    public void testStmtNonForceDelete() {
+        String n3 = 
+            prefixesN3 +
+            " ex:bob ex:hasNose ex:nose1 .   \n" +            
+        	" ex:nose1 ex:hasHair ex:hair23. \n" +
+        	" ex:hair23 ex:hasHairCount \"23\". " ;
+        
+        String expected = 
+            prefixesN3 +
+        	" ex:nose1 ex:hasHair ex:hair23. \n" +
+        	" ex:hair23 ex:hasHairCount \"23\". " ;
+        
+        Model model = (ModelFactory.createDefaultModel()).read(new StringReader(n3), "", "N3");
+        OntModel ontModel = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel();
+        ontModel.add(model.listStatements());        
+        WebappDaoFactory wdf = new WebappDaoFactoryJena(ontModel);
+        wdf.getPropertyInstanceDao().deleteObjectPropertyStatement("http://example.com/bob", "http://example.com/hasNose", "http://example.com/nose1");       
+                        
+        Model expectedModel = (ModelFactory.createDefaultModel()).read(new StringReader(expected), "", "N3");
+        wipeOutModTime(ontModel);
+        //Model resultModel = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel().add(ontModel.listStatements());
+        
+        boolean same = expectedModel.isIsomorphicWith( ontModel.getBaseModel() );
+        if( ! same ) printModels( expectedModel, ontModel.getBaseModel());
+        Assert.assertTrue( same );
+    }
+    
+    
+    @org.junit.Test
+    public void testStmtSimpleForceDelete() {
+        String n3= 
+            prefixesN3 + 
+            nosePropIsDependentRel +
+            "ex:hasHair " + isDependentRelation + 
+            " ex:bob ex:hasNose ex:nose1 .   \n" +
+        	" ex:nose1 ex:hasHair ex:hair23. \n" +
+        	" ex:hair23 ex:hasHairCount \"23\". " ;        
+        String expected = 
+            prefixesN3 +
+            nosePropIsDependentRel +
+            "ex:hasHair " + isDependentRelation ;                                          
+        
+        Model model = (ModelFactory.createDefaultModel()).read(new StringReader(n3), "", "N3");
+        OntModel ontModel = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel();
+        ontModel.add(model.listStatements());        
+        WebappDaoFactory wdf = new WebappDaoFactoryJena(ontModel);
+        wdf.getPropertyInstanceDao().deleteObjectPropertyStatement("http://example.com/bob", "http://example.com/hasNose", "http://example.com/nose1");       
+                        
+        Model expectedModel = (ModelFactory.createDefaultModel()).read(new StringReader(expected), "", "N3");
+        wipeOutModTime(ontModel);
+        //Model resultModel = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel().add(ontModel.listStatements());
+        
+        boolean same = expectedModel.isIsomorphicWith( ontModel.getBaseModel() );
+        if( ! same ) printModels( expectedModel, ontModel.getBaseModel());
+        Assert.assertTrue( same );
+    }
+    
+    @org.junit.Test
+    public void testStmtForceDeleteWithLiterals() {
+        String n3 = 
+            prefixesN3 +
+            nosePropIsDependentRel +
+            "ex:hasHair " + isDependentRelation +
+            " ex:bob ex:a \"Bob\".   \n" +
+            " ex:bob ex:hasNose ex:nose1 .   \n" +            
+            " ex:nose1 ex:a \"this is a literal\". \n" +
+            " ex:nose1 ex:b \"2343\" . \n" +
+        	" ex:nose1 ex:hasHair ex:hair23. \n" +
+        	" ex:hair23 ex:hasHairCount \"23\". " ;
+        
+        String expected = 
+            prefixesN3 +
+            nosePropIsDependentRel +
+            "ex:hasHair " + isDependentRelation +
+            " ex:bob ex:a \"Bob\".   \n"  ;
+        
+        Model model = (ModelFactory.createDefaultModel()).read(new StringReader(n3), "", "N3");
+        OntModel ontModel = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel();
+        ontModel.add(model.listStatements());        
+        WebappDaoFactory wdf = new WebappDaoFactoryJena(ontModel);
+        wdf.getPropertyInstanceDao().deleteObjectPropertyStatement("http://example.com/bob", "http://example.com/hasNose", "http://example.com/nose1");       
+                        
+        Model expectedModel = (ModelFactory.createDefaultModel()).read(new StringReader(expected), "", "N3");
+        wipeOutModTime(ontModel);
+        //Model resultModel = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel().add(ontModel.listStatements());
+        
+        boolean same = expectedModel.isIsomorphicWith( ontModel.getBaseModel() );
+        if( ! same ) printModels( expectedModel, ontModel.getBaseModel());
+        Assert.assertTrue( same );
+    }
+
+    void wipeOutModTime(Model model){
+		model.removeAll(null, model.createProperty(VitroVocabulary.MODTIME), null);
+	}
+}