With approximately 800 living Skull and Bones members at any given time, any of them could have moved the skull at any point in the past century.

The trail, if there was one, might be cold.

The skull shown to Ned Anderson in the 1980s — which Anderson concluded was either the wrong skull or a substitute — may or may not have been connected to the 1918 grave robbery.

The meeting itself, and the request that Anderson sign a statement clearing Skull and Bones, suggests that the organization was managing a sensitive situation — though whether that sensitivity was about actual possession of Apache remains or about reputational concerns related to the legend is not clear.

Geronimo As Historical Figure: Beyond The Mystery