An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?

"The identity of that skull has finally been confirmed. It belonged to an Indiana teenager who died from childbirth complications in 1866."

"Investigators believe Granger was a victim of grave robbing, which was both common and profitable at the time."

"Perpetrators could make three to four months' worth of earnings off a single body, often selling them to medical schools for anatomy study."

"There is no absolute answer to how Esther ended up in that wall or where the rest of her body's located, but being a victim of grave robbing does fit the bill."

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