US: 52-Year-Old Florida Woman Arrested For Selling Human Remains On Facebook Marketplace

A US woman from Florida, Kymberlee Schopper, 52, was arrested and later released on a $7,500 (around ₹6.45 lakh) bond from Volusia County Jail on April 11 for allegedly selling human remains online, including human bones, skull fragments, and ribs, through Facebook Marketplace.

According to reports, Kymberlee has been booked on charges of the unlawful sale and purchase of human tissue. She reportedly bought and sold bones through her business, Wicked Wonderland, based in Orange City, Florida.

Police began their investigation after receiving information about the illegal sale of human bones via a local business’s Facebook page. Authorities were provided with purported images of human bones listed for sale on the platform.

The business was identified as Wicked Wonderland, located on North Volusia Avenue, Florida. Further investigation revealed that several human remains were also listed for sale on the store’s website.

Items such as two human skull fragments, a clavicle and scapula, a rib, a vertebra, and a partial skull were found listed online.

Police seized the human remains and sent them for further analysis.

During interrogation, one of the owners made a shocking claim that they had been selling such items for years without knowing that their sale was illegal in Florida.

According to authorities, the woman confirmed that the store had multiple human bone fragments, all purchased from private sellers. She also claimed to have documentation for these transactions.

Schopper stated that the bones were educational models and believed their sale was legal under state law.

However, experts who analyzed the remains determined that some of the bones might be of archaeological significance. One skull fragment was estimated to be over 100 years old, while another bone appeared to be more than 500 years old.