Prospect Heights woman discovers ancestor was killed in Salem Witch Trials ...Middle East

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Year after year, the witch costume tops the popularity charts for Halloween. The National Retail Federation estimated 5.8 million people planned to dress as a witch in 2023. There was once a time, however, when being identified as a witch meant life or death. Prospect Heights’ Karen Dutil said she knows that tragic tale all too well. Genealogy testing showed Dutil is directly related to Rebecca Nurse, born Rebecca Towne, one of the most well-known cases in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. “She’s my seventh great-grandmother,” Dutil told NBC Chicago. “She was a 71-year-old grandmother, and she had 27 grandchildren, and the family tried to get her off.” Dutil is linked throug

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