In early February 2004, the press reported the birth of a ‘Two-Headed Baby’ in the Dominican Republic. Eight weeks earlier, on 10 December 2003, Rebeca Martinez (below, with her family) had been born with a second head joined to her own, crown to crown, but without any other obvious developmental defect… The only [prior case of craniopagus parasiticus in which the individual was] capable of prolonged extra-uterine life was the famous Two-Headed Boy of Bengal, born in 1783. Just like the recent Dominican Republic case, this boy had a parasitic head on top of his skull. This parasitic head was reasonably well developed and showed clear signs of independent life.
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