A human head that washed ashore earlier this month on a beach in Key Biscayne, Florida, has been identified as belonging to a 19-year-old man who officials and family said vanished in the ocean earlier this month.

A human head discovered floating near the shoreline of the town of Key Biscayne in Florida has been identified as belonging to Mr Victor Enrique Castaneda Jr, a 19-year-old swimmer who was reported missing on Nov 9.

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 was found on Tuesday morning after it washed ashore in Key Biscayne, Florida, according to multiple reports. Miami-Dade Police told NBC South Florida a person who was raking the beach made the discovery around 8:36 a.m. local time in Key Biscayne, which is about 7 miles southeast of Miami.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a human head that washed up on the shore of a small Florida village on Tuesday.

The mystery of the human head found on a Key Biscayne beach has been solved. It belonged to a teen who went missing after getting caught in a rip current off Miami Beach last Saturday, police said Friday.

Miami-Dade police are investigating after a head they believe belongs to an adult male washed ashore in Key Biscayne

An investigation was launched Tuesday morning after a person raking the beach on Key Biscayne, a barrier island just east of Miami, reportedly came across a human head.