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.

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.

Once complete, the skull and bones will go on display (Image: Kirk Murray) Using advanced radiocarbon dating techniques, the skull was determined to be 13,600 years old. This places the mastodon in a ...

Records show Granger died during childbirth in 1866. She was just 17 years old. It is not clear how her skull ended up inside ...

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 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 ...

Scientists have used a century-old pickled fossil skull to reconstruct the most complete Tasmanian tiger genome yet. It could ...

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 ...

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.

The skull belonged to 17-year-old Esther Granger, who died during childbirth in 1866 — and was probably a victim of thieves who dug up her body and sold it for medical experimentation ...