“The most challenging cases are those involving partial remains: a skull, leg bones or fragments of a ribcage. These are carefully numbered and catalogued, but without DNA testing, definitive ...

On January 2, Patrick Lanier and his 6-year-old son Gabriel stumbled upon a human skull along a creek near Kirk Avenue, sparking an investigation by Metro Nashville Cold Case detectives.

can also cause strain and inflammation that results in pain at the base of the skull. Your spine is made up of vertebrae (a series of bones) and discs (spongy cushions between the bones).