Fishermen Spot Human Head

Fishing pals find a head in the water
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH
Palm Beach Post

Two teenagers fishing for dolphin off Jupiter Island Wednesday discovered a human head floating in the ocean.

Michael Puscani and Rocke Greco, both 17, spotted the head about 4 p.m. At first, Greco thought the head was that of a mannequin.

'We didn't know if it was real or not, so we came around again and we were like, `That's a human head,' '' said Puscani, a classmate of Greco's at William T. Dwyer High in Palm Beach Gardens. ``I was just in shock, and it's a story that's kind of hard for people to believe.''

They radioed the Coast Guard, and marine units from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and Jupiter Island Public Safety arrived shortly after, sheriff's spokesman Paul Miller said.

A corporal with Jupiter Island Public Safety used a bucket to scoop the head out of the water, and authorities took it to a marina in Jupiter, where medical examiner's officials picked it up, Miller said.
Because it was deteriorated, officials said they don't know its sex or race, just that it belonged to an adult. The sheriff's office is conducting a homicide investigation.

On Friday, two fishermen found a man's right foot floating in the ocean off Deerfield Beach, about a mile offshore and a mile