Decapitated head found in mailed Spider-Man mask

A child wearing a Spider-Man mask was found decapitated in a box to be mailed from Argentina to the United States.

The case was recorded last week, and the mummified remains were found during a routine inspection by Correo Argentino.

What is known about the case

• According to the Argentine portal Infobae, the sender classified the contents of the box as “spider-man toy”;
• However, postal attendants noticed traces of human material on the package as it passed through a scanner;
• After opening the box, authorities found the head “completely decapitated”, wrapped in gauze, and the cut base healed.
• The head was sent for forensic examination and the expert showed it would belong to a boy between the ages of nine and 12;
• The box was sent by a pseudonymous person at a San Telmo agency and was linked to the address of a reality TV celebrity in New York.
• So far, the police have not found the sender of the package.

Topics of investigation include the possibility that the post was part of a human trafficking network or that the sender was trying to “frighten” the celebrity.