A Michigan couple received the shock of their lives after they mistakenly opened a package containing a human head delivered by courier. A Chinese research company decided to ship several body parts out the cheap and apparently unreliable way: through DHL. How can DHL ship body parts anyways? Authorities are looking into whether or not they should have handled the shipment in the first place.
*FYI - As a side-note to this story, the reason the couple in Michigan received this body part shipment is due to the fact that the container used by the Chinese research company broke during shipping. There are 28 body part packages still unaccounted for. Happy Halloween I say!
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