Illinois officials revealed the identity of a woman whose skull was found in a Batavia home ... Charles Granger when she was just 16 years old. She became pregnant a few months later and gave ...

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Brian Hill/Daily Herald Share Authorities don’t know for sure how a young woman’s skull ended up in a wall of a Batavia house. But now they know whose it is, thanks to DNA testing and sleuthing.

the office was able to build a DNA profile from the skull that suggested it was that of Esther Granger, a 17-year-old woman who died during childbirth in Merrillville, Indiana, in 1866.

As luck would have it, within weeks, quarry workers stumbled upon another skull that then made its way into Dart’s hands. This 2.4-million-year-old skull (shown here with its champion Raymond ...

Kane County Coroner Rob Russell and Batavia police announced Thursday that the skull is that of 17-year-old Esther Granger, who died shortly after giving birth in 1866. She was buried in ...

An anthropologist said the skull and other bones were likely that of a woman in her mid-20s at the time of her death. In late 2023, Batavia police asked the coroner for help.

The Kane County Coroner's Office said the skull has been identified as Esther Granger, a 17-year-old girl who died in Indiana, in May 1866—a year after the end of the Civil War. Authorities ...

The skull of a teen from the 1800s was found more than 45 years ago during a home renovation project in suburban Chicago – thanks to the advancement of DNA technology, we finally know her name.

Records show Granger died during childbirth in 1866. She was just 17 years old. It is not clear how her skull ended up inside the walls of the house. The coroner believes she was the victim of a ...

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At the same time, scientists have also been able to isolate long strands of RNA molecules from a 110-year-old skull that was skinned and preserved in ethanol, Colossal said in a press release.