Skull Found by Boy Scouts in 2002 Belongs to Woman Who Was Cremated Year Earlier

Skull found in Houlton, Wisconsin identified by DNA Doe Project

HOULTON, Wis. — DNA analysis has identified a skull found in rural Wisconsin as belonging to a woman who was supposedly cremated over two decades ago. The skull had been a Jane Doe case ever since a group of Boy Scouts found it in a plastic bag while walking through the woods in Houlton in October 2002. The nonprofit DNA Doe Project has identified her as 92-year-old Alyce Catharina Peterson. She had died in the hospital of natural causes in St. …

Authorities investigating how the skull of a woman supposedly cremated in Maplewood ended up in St. Croix County

Law enforcement is investigating how the skull of a woman who died and was cremated in Maplewood in 2001 was found in 2002.

Skull found by Boy Scouts in 2002 belongs to woman who was cremated year earlier

A search warrant reveals the identity of a Jane Doe whose skull was found in western Wisconsin over two decades ago.

MN police: Skull found in ’02 was woman’s whose kin thought they had received her ashes

Boy scouts on a hike in western Wisconsin came upon the skull in a ravine, according to a court filing by police.