A 52-year-old Florida woman was recently arrested after she intentionally bought and sold human bones online, police say.
According to the Orange City Police Department, Kimberly Ann Shopper of Deltona has been accused of dealing with human organisations.
Schopper was released from Volusia County Jail on a $7,500 bond on Friday.
Police received a report on December 21, 2023 about local businesses selling human bones in the Facebook market, according to Fox 35 Orlando.
The executive was reportedly sent images from the business's Facebook page to promote the ominous item.
Authorities say Wicked Wonderland, an Orange City business, sold $90, for $35 for human collarbone and scapula, human rib, human rib, human vertebrae, and partial human skull for $600.
Police stolen the human body as evidence and submitted it for inspection by a medical inspector, Fox35 Orlando reported.
When asked about the product, the store owner told authorities that they had sold human bones for many years to authorities and had no idea they were illegal in Florida, according to the report.
“She said that the store has fragments of all human bones, all purchased from private sellers, and that there are documents for these transactions but they were unable to provide it at that moment,” according to the arrest affidavit. “She described the bones as genuine human remains and delicate in nature.”
But another shop owner, Shopper, told police that bones are a “educational model.”
According to state law, models can be legally sold in Florida.
Experts have discovered that skulls and skull fragments are likely archaeological finds. Some are more than 100 years old, while others are more than 500 years old, Fox 35 reported.
