The head that washed up on land in Miami Beach in mid-November 2024 belonged to a swimmer, identified by police as Victor Enrique Castaneda Jr., 19.

The human head that washed ashore in South Florida this week belonged to a missing 19-year-old swimmer, police said Friday.

This is shocking, shocking. You don’t hear a lot about that. You heard about drugs washing up on shore and things like that, but a head!” Miami resident Marcelo Borrelli said.

A human head that washed ashore on a South Florida beach this week belonged to a man whose identity remains unknown, police said. Miami-Dade police confirmed Thursday that the head belonged to a man,

Victor Castaneda Jr., 19, disappeared while saving his younger sister from a rip current at South Pointe Beach on Saturday.

Spread the loveA gruesome discovery was made on a Florida beach on November 13, 2024, when a human head was found washed ashore. The incident has sparked a major investigation by local authorities to determine the identity of the victim and the circumstances leading to this macabre find.

A human head that washed ashore on Key Biscayne this week belonged to a man whose identity remains unknown, police said.