Florida Curio Shop Owners Busted for Selling Human Remains on Facebook Marketplace
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Mother and daughter curio shop owners were arrested this month for allegedly selling human remains on Facebook Marketplace.

The Orange City Police Department said it had been investigating Kymberlee Schopper, 52, and Ashley Lelesi, 32, and their business, Wicked Wonderland, since receiving a tip in December 2023.

A charging affidavit said that the tip indicated the pair were “attempting to sell human bones,” ABC News reported.

The store was selling two human skull fragments for $90, a clavicle and scapula for the same price, a rib and a vertebra for $35 each, and partial human skull for $900.

When detectives spoke with Lelesi — who is identified as Ashley Schopper in jail records — the affidavit said, she told them the store had been selling such items for “several years and was unaware that it was prohibited in the state of Florida.” Lelesi said the bone fragments came from private sellers.

Schopper reportedly told investigators that the bones were “educational models.”

The Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office tested the five bone fragments and determined they were human and “likely represent two different individuals — one of possible archaeological origin and the other of anatomical origin, the affidavit said.

Schopper and Lelesi, who identified themselves as mother and daughter on Wicked Wonderland’s website, were arrested last week and released on a $7,500 bonds, both charged with purchasing or selling human remains.

Their shop was closed over the weekend, but a Facebook post indicated the closure was for “the care of a beloved family member in their final moments” and would reopen on Friday.

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