The girl, Esther Granger, died when she was 17 years old in 1866. She has been laid to rest in Batavia, Illinois, where her ...

The skull was found in November 1978 by James Skinner ... “I wish my mom was still here so that I could tell her this story. She’d love it,” Svilar said. Grab the scissors.

ST. CHARLES, Ill. — Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities ...