A woman from Florida was arrested for allegedly selling human remains.
According to Fox 35 Orlando, ABC Action News, and WESH 2, Kymberlee Schopper was charged for allegedly purchasing and offering to sell human bones on Facebook Marketplace.
Fox 35 According to Orlando, the 52-year-old is charged with trading human tissue.
According to the outlet, on December 21, 2023, the Orange City Police Department received a report that a business in the area, identified as “Wicked Wonderland,” was attempting to sell human bones.
The report also included images from the company’s Facebook page, which promoted a variety of human bones.
According to ABC Action News and Wesh 2, Schopper founded the website with Ashley Lelesi.
The company’s website states, “Meet the wicked women behind Wonderland. A mother and daughter team who enjoy the strange and unusual, as well as the dark and macabre.
“Having both come from a medical background we have a passion for sharing our knowledge and expertise in the preservation and exploration of anatomy and pathology of all organic beings,” the pair says.
The company’s goals are summarized as follows: “Moreover, we incorporate our spiritual beliefs and practices into all of our work, ensuring that every ethically sourced specimen is handled with the utmost care and respect.” Much love, Kym and Ash.”
PEOPLE contacted the Orange City Police Department and Wicked Wonderland for comment, but they did not immediately respond.
According to reports, authorities discovered five types of human bones listed for sale on the website, including two human skull fragments for $90, a human clavicle and scapula for $90, a human rib for $35, a human vertebrae for $35, and a partial human skull for $600.
The remains are reportedly being used as evidence and have been delivered to the Medical Examiner’s Office for testing.
According to Fox 35 Orlando, officers spoke with one of the store owners, who informed them that they were unaware that it was illegal to sell human bones in Florida, and that they had been trading the items for years.
“She confirmed that the store had multiple human bone fragments, all purchased from private sellers, and mentioned she has documentation for these transactions but could not provide it at that moment,” an arrest warrant stated, according to the publication. “She described the bones as genuine human remains and delicate in nature.”
Officials then claimed to have met with the store’s owner, Schopper, who claimed the bones were “educational models,” which would protect their sale under state law.
According to the outlet, authorities believe the cranium and skull fragment were archaeological finds, with one bone dating back over 100 years and the other more than 500 years.
Schopper was reportedly arrested on Thursday, April 10, and released the next day from Volusia County Jail on a seven thousand five hundred dollars bond. The investigation is still ongoing at the time of publication.
