Southwest Employee Literally Found A Box Of Heads On A Flight To Fort Worth

A box containing four full cranial specimens and 40 pairs of "temporal bone ear blocks" ... heads and parts of human heads ... was found on board a Southwest Airlines airliner which was destined for a Fort Worth medical research company, but a Southwest spokesperson said "it wasn't labeled or packaged properly," so "they called local authorities."

The box was found at Little Rock Airport last Wednesday.

Little Rock police handed the package over to the county coroner, who raised questions about their origin and if they were properly obtained.

Dallas television station KXAS reports that the supplier was identified as JLS Consulting of Wynne, AR. The company's business license was revoked in December, according to the Arkansas Secretary of State's office.

"We've come to the conclusion that there is a black market out there for human body parts for research or for whatever reason," said Pulaski County coroner Garland Camper. "We just want to make sure these specimens here aren't a part of that black market and underground trade."

Federal law prohibits the sale of human body parts. JLS founder Janice Helper told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that she could provide documentation, but the coroner says there are "discrepancies" in the paperwork.

FMI: www.co.pulaski.ar.us