Police find backyard altar with human skull, bones at Southern Calif. home
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police officers searching for drugs at a Southern California home instead found a backyard altar adorned with a human skull and other bones last weekend.
The Pasadena Star-News reports (http://bit.ly/XxDMne ) that the altar included statues of Santa Muerte and Jesus Malverde, both of which are often associated with the drug trade. A resident of the home told police she practices the Caribbean religion of Santeria.
Pasadena police Lt. Tracey Ibarra says police plan to run a DNA database check in case the bones belong to a missing person or were involved in a criminal case.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Chicken and goat bones were also found at the altar.
Human bones can be legally obtained. No drugs were found in the search and no charges have been filed.