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West Chicago woman describes finding bones

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A West Chicago woman discovered human remains estimated to be 100 years old in a pile of dirt about two blocks from her home on Sept. 24. Police determined that a maintenance worker accidentally dug up the remains of an unmarked grave in an Aurora cemetery and dumped the dirt and bones in a West Chicago lot.

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Photo courtesy of Kathy Stadtfeld A West Chicago woman discovered the skeletal remains of a body estimated to be 100 years old in a pile of dirt about two blocks from her home on Sept. 24. Police determined that a maintenance worker accidentally dug up the remains of an unmarked grave in an Aurora cemetery and dumped the dirt and bones in a West Chicago lot.

Photo courtesy of Kathy Stadtfeld A West Chicago woman discovered the skeletal remains of a body estimated to be 100 years old in a pile of dirt about two blocks from her home on Sept. 24. Police determined that a maintenance worker accidentally dug up the remains of an unmarked grave in an Aurora cemetery and dumped the dirt and bones in a West Chicago lot.

Photo courtesy of Kathy Stadtfeld A West Chicago woman discovered the skeletal remains of a body estimated to be 100 years old in a pile of dirt about two blocks from her home on Sept. 24. Police determined that a maintenance worker accidentally dug up the remains of an unmarked grave in an Aurora cemetery and dumped the dirt and bones in a West Chicago lot.

Photo courtesy of Kathy Stadtfeld A West Chicago woman discovered the skeletal remains of a body estimated to be 100 years old and metal parts from a casket in a pile of dirt about two blocks from her home on Sept. 24. Police determined that a maintenance worker accidentally dug up the remains of an unmarked grave in an Aurora cemetery and dumped the dirt and bones in a West Chicago lot.

Investigators examine skeletal remains found in a dirt pile in West Chicago on Sept. 25. A woman on a walk discovered the remains, which were determined to be about 100 years old and had been accidentally dug up from an unmarked grave in Aurora.

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A West Chicago woman who is an avid collector of animal bones thought she had come across a nice addition for her collection while on a walk through the woods last week, but then she spotted the gold filling. Investigators determined a worker accidentally dug up the remains from an unmarked grave in Aurora. “I saw the teeth, and I said 'These don't look like animal teeth,'” Kathy Stadtfeld said.

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