Fox News reported that US authorities arrested a woman residing in Orange City, Florida, on charges of illegally trafficking human bones.
The network reported that police received a report about a local store selling "human bones" through its Facebook Marketplace account (Facebook's classifieds service).
She noted that police officers received photos from the Wicked Wonderland store's Facebook page, which was advertising the items.
The network quoted the city police as saying that "Kimberly Shuber, 52 years old, intentionally purchased and offered human bones for sale through her local store's Facebook account, Marketplace, and she has been charged with trafficking in human tissue."
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According to investigators, the accused offered for sale online two pieces of a skull for $90, a collarbone and shoulder blade for the same price, a rib and vertebra for $35 each, and a complete skull for $600.
Analysis of samples collected by police confirmed that the bones belonged to humans and were between 100 and 500 years old.
For her part, Shuber told police that the bones were "educational models" and that "her store has been selling them for years, but she didn't know they were illegal in Florida," since, according to state law, educational models can be legally sold.
She confirmed that "all the bones were purchased from private sellers, noting that she had documentation for these transactions but was unable to provide it at the time."
Fox News reported that police released Shober on $7,500 bail on Friday.