New homeowners horrified to find body of 19-year-old in freezer in back garden (www.mirror.co.uk)

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A dead 19-year-old man was found hidden inside a freezer by the new homeowners - with the victim’s parents now arrested.

Logan Michael Halstead’s body was found decomposed as the new owners cleaned up their new home on Sunday morning. After they were unable to lift the freezer they decided to clear it out - which is when they found a human hand according to Henry County Sheriff Eric Blankenship.

Now Logan’s parents, Michael Shane Halstead, 44, and Karen Tysinger Halstead, 43, have been arrested, accused of abuse of a corpse, and are being held in jail without bond. It is believed Logan could have been killed all the way back in July or August, the Sheriff said.

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[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 78 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

All else aside, if you hide a corpse in a freezer, how stupid do you have to be to just leave it there when you sell the house? That seems like an absolutely sure-fire way to ensure you're getting caught. Unless they just forgot it was there, which would be even crazier.

[-] TesterJ@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

If they're dumb enough to leave the corpse in their backyard, they're probably dumb enough to think they were framing the new home-owners by selling the house.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

Lol, "Oh no! The buyers killed our son and stuffed him in a fridge in our, I mean their backyard!"

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

I’d bet a year’s pay that’s exactly what they were trying to do.

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