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Old 02-10-2006, 01:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Woman Carrying Human Head Arrested in Fla.

02-10) 12:29 PST Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP) --


Airport baggage screeners found a human head with teeth, hair and skin in the luggage of a woman who said she intended to ward off evil spirits with it, authorities said Friday.


Myrlene Severe, 30, a Haitian-born permanent U.S. resident, was charged Friday with smuggling a human head into the U.S. without proper documentation.


Customs and Border Protection officials found the head Thursday, after Severe arrived at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on a Lynx International Airlines flight from Cap Haitien, Haiti, said Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami.


"It still had teeth, hair and bits of skin and lots of dirt," Gonzalez said.


Severe told authorities she had obtained the package in Haiti for "use as a part of her voodoo beliefs," ICE Special Agent Erick Hernandez wrote in an affidavit in support of a criminal complaint.


"Severe also stated that the purpose of the package was to ward off evil spirits," Hernandez wrote.


Severe, who also was charged with failing to declare the head and transporting hazardous material in air commerce, faces a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted of all charges, prosecutors said.


Severe remained held Friday in lieu of a $100,000 bond. She is due back in federal court March 2.
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Old 02-10-2006, 01:40 PM   #2 (permalink)
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well, it's part of her religious beliefs... interesting.
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Old 02-10-2006, 01:42 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Am I the only one who expected a different kind of story when reading the title of this thread?
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Old 02-10-2006, 01:45 PM   #4 (permalink)
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"It still had teeth, hair and bits of skin and lots of dirt," Gonzalez said.
Perhaps the airline was unable to fulfill her special meals request.
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Old 02-10-2006, 01:47 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Perhaps the airline was unable to fulfill her special meals request.
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Old 02-10-2006, 01:48 PM   #6 (permalink)
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smuggling a human head into the U.S. without proper documentation.
Did it need a passport?

Do we even want to know where the head came from?

/me shudders
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Old 02-10-2006, 01:51 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Am I the only one who expected a different kind of story when reading the title of this thread?
Nope, I think we were thinking the same thing.
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Old 02-10-2006, 01:53 PM   #8 (permalink)
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"smuggling a human head into the U.S. without proper documentation."
Hehe..
"ma'am you have a license for that head?"
"Yes." Shows License for Voodoo
"Ah very good, Carry on."

And yeah, I got a chuckle out of the title. I'm sure it was meant to evoke such thoughts...
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Old 02-10-2006, 02:04 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Nope, I think we were thinking the same thing.
See.... YOU ARE a pervert!!
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Old 02-10-2006, 02:09 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Old 02-10-2006, 02:09 PM   #11 (permalink)
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This makes me wonder about the source of a few odors I've encountered during flights. Maybe smelly feet and loud children aren't so bad.
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Old 02-10-2006, 02:09 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Am I the only one who expected a different kind of story when reading the title of this thread?
No, you are not!
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Old 02-10-2006, 02:33 PM   #13 (permalink)
 
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See.... YOU ARE a pervert!!
i think everyone atleast all the guys read the title and expected something else!
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Old 02-10-2006, 02:47 PM   #14 (permalink)
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i think everyone atleast all the guys read the title and expected something else!
What do you mean? She was forced to give it to them. I have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about.
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Old 02-10-2006, 04:23 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Hurm, I'm pretty sympathetic to her, actually. While a person can't be let off the hook for law violations simply because she didn't know about them, surely 10 years is WAY too long for someone to get for something like this, especially when tied to their (semi)religious ideology.
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Old 02-10-2006, 04:45 PM   #16 (permalink)
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where the heck did she get it? Did she dig it up out of a grave? talk about grave robbing...
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Old 02-10-2006, 06:01 PM   #17 (permalink)
 
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Severe, who also was charged with failing to declare the head and transporting hazardous material in air commerce, faces a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted of all charges, prosecutors said.
15 yearS?! wtF? i'm sure someone carrying a gun would get less.
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Old 02-10-2006, 06:52 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Could have all been avoided if she'd used UPS. They'll ship anything....except cigarettes


And yes, I, too, am a perv.....
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Old 02-10-2006, 06:55 PM   #19 (permalink)
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This makes me wonder about the source of a few odors I've encountered during flights. Maybe smelly feet and loud children aren't so bad.
I think you're off-base here. I've always been told there's no such thing as bad head.
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Old 02-10-2006, 09:26 PM   #20 (permalink)
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wouldn't want to be the judge for that case. lots of pins sticking in a doll of my likeness i would guess. As if i haven't done enough organ damage.

i'd give her the head back and send her on her way.
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Old 02-10-2006, 10:18 PM   #21 (permalink)
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15 yearS?! wtF? i'm sure someone carrying a gun would get less.
Perhaps they gave her that term because...well...they don't really know how she got a head to take with her?
It would be either grave robbing or killing someone. Both of which are illegal.
....of course, she might have just chopped the head off of someone who wasn't buried but was already dead. Not really sure what kinds of laws are on that, but...uh...I sure hope she asked them first. I sure wouldn't want someone running off to another country with my head when I died.

Anyways, I'd be pretty suspicious.
I mean, I'm not into the whole voodoo thing, but I don't really see how carrying body parts around with you is going to ward off the evil spirits. I'd be more inclined to think it would attract them. *shrug*
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Old 02-10-2006, 10:21 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Am I the only one who expected a different kind of story when reading the title of this thread?
No, I thought "wow, the airport screenings are getting more and more intrusive all the time!"
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Old 02-10-2006, 11:09 PM   #23 (permalink)
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I wonder who gave them the heads up?

Of course she could've been using it for employment. I hear there's lots of places to get a head job in Ft Lauderdale.
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Old 02-11-2006, 06:10 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Am I the only one who expected a different kind of story when reading the title of this thread?
Yes. I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.

Those customs officials should be ashamed of picking on that lady...

...some people will do anything just to get ahead in life.
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Old 02-11-2006, 05:38 PM   #25 (permalink)
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You all missed the pun?

15 years is a Severe sentence.
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Old 02-11-2006, 06:17 PM   #26 (permalink)
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maybe desire for public attention? I can't find another reason for pulling that kind of stunts...there's significant chances of you getting caught doing that.. (i hope so, because if it happens often and the officials don't detect anything, that'd be creepy, to say the least).
love the title.. kind of sick how it made me click right away.
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Old 02-12-2006, 12:00 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Sounds like Miss Severe will get severe pushishment for the severed head.
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Old 02-12-2006, 02:26 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Old 02-12-2006, 03:26 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Myrlene Severe, 30, a Haitian-born permanent U.S. resident, was charged Friday with smuggling a human head into the U.S. without proper documentation.


I can;t believe thats a law, does this happen so often that our lawmakers thought there needed to be a specific statute on the books to protect the public.


someone toss out the Rand quote...
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Old 02-14-2006, 08:25 AM   #30 (permalink)
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15YEARS?????
Sure glad I don't live in a police state!
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Old 02-14-2006, 10:39 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Oh, glass, let me head you off at the pass... I don't mind that they objected to her carrying a HEAD through customs. That's just .... weird.

Does this mean she's part of the mile high club, since it was on the plane with her?
Heh.
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Old 02-14-2006, 11:46 AM   #32 (permalink)
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I think you're off-base here. I've always been told there's no such thing as bad head.
Obviously you've never met my ex-wife.

Oh...wait a minute...so you're the one.
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Old 02-14-2006, 11:51 AM   #33 (permalink)
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15YEARS?????
Sure glad I don't live in a police state!
Do you really think that statement was necessary? Really? What does that add to anything?
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Old 02-14-2006, 12:04 PM   #34 (permalink)
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where the heck did she get it? Did she dig it up out of a grave? talk about grave robbing...
NOTHING!! She didn't get it from me!! YOu can't prove anything!
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Old 02-14-2006, 12:04 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Ya .. your title had me at 'head' in which I had immediately clicked excitedly to view the thread to find... this. Interesting how she even managed to get 'on' to the plane with it in the first place. Gives me this visual of people walking around in Haiti with heads in their handbags.. "Oh hi.. that's a nice head you've got there.. the hair still seems pretty long huh?.. wanna check mine out?"
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15YEARS?????
Sure glad I don't live in a police state!
no, you live in Canada.................(the dots represent my restraint, because I don't like getting hit by the mods)
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Old 02-14-2006, 12:43 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Good. Now...restrain a little more, before this gets out of hand. No harm. No foul. No beatings...yet.
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Old 02-16-2006, 08:37 PM   #38 (permalink)
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BOR, I was going to say something funny, but didn't want it taken out of context as it most assuredly would have been. No worries, it's all good.
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Old 02-17-2006, 05:06 AM   #39 (permalink)
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BOR, I was going to say something funny, but didn't want it taken out of context as it most assuredly would have been. No worries, it's all good.


c'mon man,use your head.........and fill us in.


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Old 02-17-2006, 05:18 PM   #40 (permalink)
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