KANE COUNTY, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The Kane County Coroner has completed a crowd-funding effort intended to put a name to a skull that was found 46 years ago in Batavia.
The skull was found in a wall during a renovation project in 1978.
It was determined to have been that of a woman in her 20's who had died decades before, according to the Northern Illinois Anthropology Department.
Details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, but the case went cold, and the woman was classified as Jane Doe.
Coroner Rob Russell decided to raise money on DNASolves.com to have a private lab generate a DNA profile. His pitch for the fundraising effort was telling people they could help give a Jane Doe her identity back.
“I feel this offers people a chance to be part of something meaningful this holiday season,” Russell said back in December.
The pitch was effective and he succeeded in raising $7, 500.
"You know the process that we have today allows us to get DNA from any you know, human body part whether there be organic material on there or not," he explained. "You can get the DNA from bone."
It's not clear when there may be an answer in the case.
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