Illinois, DNA

VIDEO: DNA links skull found in Illinois home in 1978 to teen who died in 1866
Coroners in Kane County, Illinois, have resolved a cold case that lingered for more than 45 years. It involves a skull ...
An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?
DNA tests identified a skull found during home renovations in 1978 as that of an Indiana teen who died after childbirth in ...
DNA tests identify 19th-century teenager's skull found in Illinois home's wall
Investigators have determined that a skull found in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who ...
A 19-year-old disappeared from her Illinois village in 1979. Almost half a century later, the cold case has been solved
Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have ...
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A 19-year-old disappeared from Illinois in 1979. 45 years later, the case has been solved
Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have ...
Cold case of skull found in Illinois home identified as teen who died in 1866
The mystery was solved by advancements in science—specifically extracting DNA from skeletal remains and then tracing it to ...
Teen mother’s skull from 1866 found hidden in Illinois home wall finally identified
A human skull uncovered in the wall of a house in Illinois was DNA tested and confirmed to belong to a 17-year-old girl who ...
DNA testing reveals skull found in a wall belonged to teen who died 150 years ago
DNA testing has revealed that a skull found decades ago in the wall of an Illinois house belonged to an 18-year-old woman who ...
Cold case solved: DNA helps identify skull found in wall as Indiana teen who died in 1866
The girl, Esther Granger, died when she was 17 years old in 1866. She has been laid to rest in Batavia, Illinois, where her ...