A skull found in Batavia, Illinois in 1978 has been identified as Esther Ann Granger, a 17-year-old from Indiana, solving a 46-year-old mystery.

The girl’s skull was found in November 1978 in Batavia, Illinois, about 43 miles west of Chicago, according to the Kane County Coroner’s Office. Property owner James Skinner was doing ...

The girl’s skull was found in November 1978 in Batavia, Illinois, about 43 miles west of Chicago, according to the Kane County Coroner’s Office.

DNA tests identified a skull found during home renovations in 1978 as that of an Indiana teen who died after childbirth in 1866. Authorities say Esther Granger was likely the victim of grave robbing.

An artist's rendition of 17-year-old Esther Granger, who died in 1866 in Merrillville, Ind. A property owner discovered her skull in the walls of a home he was renovating in Batavia, Ill., in 1978 ...

An artist's rendition of 17-year-old Esther Granger, who died in 1866 in Merrillville, Ind. A property owner discovered her skull in the walls of a home he was renovating in Batavia, Ill., in 1978.

She’d love it.” The morbid mystery began in 1978 when a homeowner in Batavia, Illinois, found the skull stuffed behind drywall while he was renovating the place, officials said.