USA Today18d
Cold case solved: DNA helps identify skull found in wall as Indiana teen who died in 1866
The girl, Esther Granger, was from Merrillville, Indiana, and died at the age of 17 when Andrew Johnson was president, investigators said Thursday. Earlier this month, professional photographer ...
NPR19d
An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?
“We now know the skull found in the wall in Batavia as Esther Granger,” Kane County Coroner Rob Russell announced at a press conference on Thursday, surrounded by county officials and standing ...
Chicago Sun-Times20d
A skull was found in a Batavia house in 1978. After more than 40 years, they know who she was
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.
CBS News20d
Skull found in Batavia, Illinois home in 1978 identified as teen who died in 1866
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 ...
Religion Dispatches23d
Heritage Foundation’s Christian Nationalist ‘Project Esther’ Won’t Combat Antisemitism — But it Will Weaponize Jews
On the anniversary of October 7, the Heritage Foundation released Project Esther: A National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. The 33-page document calls on the federal government to use ...
The Christian Post24d
Kamala Harris receives prayer, likened to biblical Esther during worship at Ga. megachurch
With Harris, who celebrated her 60th birthday on Sunday, sitting not far from his pulpit, Bryant preached from Esther 4:14 and pushed the conspiracy theory that The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 ...