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Passenger Arrested With Head In Luggage

Reuters

The Hatian woman accused of smuggling a human skull in her luggage at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was released from jail Tuesday.

Myrlene Severe was on a flight from Haiti on Thursday when customs officials examined her luggage and found the skull in a rice bag filled with grass, banana leaves, dirt, rocks and an iron nail.

Severe, 30, said the skull is for religious purposes. According to an affidavit, she told authorities "she had obtained the package, which contained the human head, from a male in Haiti for ... use as a part of her voodoo beliefs."

The Broward County medical examiner's office believes the skull was unearthed from a grave in Haiti and may be of a deceased relative.

Broward County Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Perper said that the skull was that of a male in his 30s or 40s that had been removed from a grave within the last year.

Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the skull "still had teeth, hair and bits of skin" on it.

"The people who practice this religion go to the grave of their relative and the spirit of their relative gives them permission," Perper said. "They believe that such permission was meant for them and they basically take the skull out of the ground and perform their voodoo rituals."

Severe, who lives in Miramar, is a Haitian national who has permanent residency status in the U.S.

Severe faces a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted on all charges. She bonded out of jail and is due back in federal court March 2.