There is a season three episode of NCIS, titled "Mind Games," that has a very similar storyline to this episode. A man is on death row and a victim with the same M.O. is discovered, which is part of the man on death row's game to mess with the agent who arrested him and delay his execution.
In S1E19 bones is in an altercation where her earring is "ripped" from her left ear lobe and the provider at the hospital places a bandaid on the site. Booth finds the earring and a piece of ear cartilage is visibly present, of noticeable size. In this episode, when bones and zack discover the single wrist bone from "another body", there is a clear shot of Brennan's left ear, lobe completely intact without any signs of scarring or previous trauma and an earring present.