The name of mysterious little girl in an expensive glass and metal coffin found buried in a casket underneath a San Francisco home has finally been identified. According to the source, she was Edith Howard Cook, the daughter of Horatio Nelson Cook, son of an English sea captain and Edith Scooffy Cook, daughter of a well-known Greek immigrant family. The young girl died on October 13, 1876, at the age of around 2-3 years old.
The girl who was also known as “Miranda Eve” was buried in the family plot in the San Francisco. According to the researchers,the cause of her death was probably severe undernourishment caused by an infection.
The DNA of Peter Cook, a Marin County resident, matched a hair sample from Edith, whose remains were well-preserved in the intricate casket. Cook is Edith’s grand nephew.
Information released reveals that Edith was born into two prominent families. Her mother was born into a San Francisco pioneer family, as her father was a famous foreigner in their area. Meanwhile, her father also served as a Consul for Greece.
Her skin and hair, as well as her burial flowers, were well preserved. Her coffin was found when workers remodeling a home hit it with a shovel. The homeowner, Ericka Karner, swiftly contacted the city, but the medical examiner’s office said that because the coffin was on private property, it was hers to deal with.
Ericka turned the ornate casket over to the Garden of Innocence, a charity that buries unclaimed children, to handle the girl’s affairs. Garden of Innocence stepped up to help Karner respectfully dispose of the remains. Edith was buried at Colma’s Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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