The Mystery Of Geronimo’s Missing Skull — And The DNA Test That Could Finally Reveal The Truth
It simply took a different form.
That understanding — that the skull mystery is not a separate story from the story of captivity and exile, but a continuation of it — is essential to understanding why the question of what happened to his remains matters to Apache communities in a way that goes beyond simple curiosity about a historical mystery.
The Final Unknowing
As of this writing, the mystery of Geronimo’s skull remains unresolved.
The grave at Fort Sill is identified as his.