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Woman found dead by farmer in Illinois cornfield 33 years ago identified with posthumous DNA sample

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A farmer found a body in a cornfield in September 1991 in northern Illinois ' LaSalle County , authorities said.

The case was investigated by three sheriffs and four coroners over the decades .

Her body was exhumed in 2013 to obtain DNA and employ investigative methods not in use in the early 1990s .

A professor at Illinois Valley Community College usedto produce a list of possible living relatives.

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