ELEVEN
Marie’s stomach churned when Jesse laid the photographs of the charred tiny skull and bones on his desk. “Oh my gosh, that’s horrible. Are you sure these are the bones from an infant, and they’re a match to the woman I saw in my vision?”
“Yes, you can see how the skull has many structural elements that fuse together into solid bone as growth develops, such as the frontal bone. These regions are very fibrous and moveable, which is necessary for birth and later growth. You can also see where the vertebral column consists of five bones which normally are separated at birth and fuse together into a solid structure in later years. This cartilage between the segments of bone allows further growth. I also urged them to run a forensic DNA test from the skin remains of the bones, and the w
