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MUNICH, Germany — A woman was stopped at Munich airport after baggage-control handlers found the skeleton of her brother sealed in a plastic bag in her luggage, police said Wednesday.
The 62-year-old woman and a 63-year-old friend, who both live in Italy, were detained Tuesday after a scan of the bag showed a human skull and other bones. The women were traveling to Italy from Brazil.
It turned out that the woman was trying to fulfill the last wish of her brother — who died 11 years ago in São Paulo, Brazil — to be buried in Italy.
The travelers produced the appropriate papers from Brazilian authorities for the unusual transport, and were allowed to go on to Naples — bones and all.
