Officials in Scotland want to locate the remains of a woman accused of witchcraft who died in prison 315 years ago. Lilias Adie, a woman from the village of Torryburn in Eastern Scotland, died in p… ...

On Aug. 31, which marked the 315th anniversary of her death, local government officials from Fife Council in Scotland placed a wreath at her burial site and launched a campaign to find her remains.

Lilias Adie is a well-known historical figure in the area. She confessed to the crime of witchcraft, but died in jail before her trial could take place. Her body was buried on the shoreline in ...