When Rebecca Lynn 'Becky' Evans was born on 17 January 1956, in New Milford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, her father, John Willis Evans, was 23 and her mother, Dorothy Frantz, was 20. She died on 16 February 1972, in her hometown, at the age of 16, and was buried in New Milford Cemetery, New Milford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.