removal of the bodies

[Cheryl]

When were the bodies removed from the house?

[Kat]

Apparently the bodies were not removed from the house until after the funeral service in the sitting room Saturday morning.
Then they were taken to the cemetery in a procession.
After that- by that forenoon, the police were in the house doing their most complete search.

The saga of the bodies begins. They were not buried until August 16th I believe.

[Cheryl]

That's gruesome. But then everyone in the Borden household seemed to be so tightly "locked" up, perhaps the thought didn't keep them up at night.

What I found to be very interesting, is that I recall reading that Mr. Morse slept on Wednesday evening with the door of the spare room open.
It's such a stark contrast to everyone else's closed and latched doors.
Although I find it odd that a gentleman back then would find it acceptable to sleep so "open" when there was a woman on the same floor.

Since they kept the skulls for use in the trial, did they dig the coffins up
to add the skulls later?

[Kat]

I think Prof. Starrs did a grave scan and deduced that the heads are buried with the bodies but separately. So that would indicate the coffins were not dug up.