Resolved FL - Tampa Bay, Male Skull, 25-40, Jun'08 - Religious Rite

[Donjeta]

Not sure what has become of this skull but this discussion
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-6140.html
gives a Namus link
https://identifyus.org/cases/2193
which goes to an error page now. Also, helpfindthemissing forum posters quote the skull information from this site
http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/medexam/about/unidentified.cfm
but the page does not contain that information any more.

It seems like the person might have been identified but I don't know who or how.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/28/290911/snorkelers-find-skull-courtney-campbell/

The medical examiner had confirmed that it was a human skull and was conducting further tests, Draffin said, in hopes of collecting DNA samples that can be matched to any missing persons or robbed graves.

As of Sunday morning, no one was drawing the conclusion that the skull was related to a homicide. It may be part of a religious rite, he said.

He said there were other items in the pot, but he would not elaborate. He said the items could have been put in the put along with the skull or they "may not be related."

I'm finding conflicting information about whether other bones were found. Some say yes, some say no. Possibly animal ones but not human? Don't know.

 

[Donjeta]

There were some decapitated animals found near the place where the skull was found, and a researcher is speculating that although it might sound like a religious rite it could be a more wayward thing because the animals were cast away.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/se...ats-found-saturday-may-not-be-/news-breaking/

The animals may or may not be related but there was this comment about the skull:

The decapitated animals were found near the place snorkelers found a cauldron containing a skull in June, 2008. TPD is calling that case an "unexplained death." There were no signs of homicidal violence.

 

[Tony1902]

There were some decapitated animals found near the place where the skull was found, and a researcher is speculating that although it might sound like a religious rite it could be a more wayward thing because the animals were cast away
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/se...ats-found-saturday-may-not-be-/news-breaking/

The animals may or may not be related but there was this comment about the skull:

Undoubtedly a Palo Mayombe pot, usually mixed animal & human.