Relative reclaims skeleton from college display case

A woman has reclaimed the skeleton of a distant relative after she found it was being held in a university display case, 189 years after being executed.

Relative reclaims skeleton from college display case

A woman has reclaimed the skeleton of a distant relative after she found it was being held in a university display case, 189 years after being executed.

Mary Halliwell found John Horwood was the son of her great-great-great grandfather's brother when researching her family tree, and traced his remains to Bristol University.

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