This is one of the more unusual stories regarding #DNA solving #ColdCases...
A skull was found inside the walls of a Batavia Illinois home in 1977 (this is in the far suburbs of Chicago). Using #GeneticGenealogy, it was recently identified as belonging to Esther Ann Granger, who died in 1866 at 17 years old, as a result of childbirth. It is believed she was the victim of graverobbers.
With the permission of a surviving descendant, her skull is being reburied in Batavia. [Her #FamilySearch profile, KZ6J-K48, has been updated to include this video.]
Esther Ann Granger's daughter was named after her. Esther Ann Peck [FS ID# LWJR-1JH] married a man named John Matheson. They had five children. Sadly, Esther Peck died in 1897, when her youngest child was just around six months old.
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