So the "fetal remains" (the term used by the coroner) may have been been in the wall for up to a century.
For identification, officials might check the Spartanburg County voting records to see if a person has voted straight-party Demonicrat from that address for the last few decades, even though the house has been owned or rented by different people.
Very astute observations. Pacolet retains some vestiges of the stereotypical “mill town” from the heyday of the textile industry. Company housing, company store, and all of that.