“Out-of-town” family members discovered the body in the freezer last month.

A body found in a San Diego freezer last month may have been that of a woman who has been missing or dead for up to nine years, police said Thursday.

“Out-of-town” family members who were visiting a residence called local authorities when they discovered the body in the freezer, police said in December.

The family members are related to someone who currently lives in the home and are not related to the woman found in the freezer, according to police. Police added the freezer was running when the body was found.

The San Diego police homicide unit was called in to investigate because of the unusual location of the body, police said.

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    So many questions.

    “Out-of-town” family members who were visiting a residence

    Okay, why were they staying there?

    The family members are related to someone who currently lives in the home and are not related to the woman found in the freezer,

    So, let’s say you gave a guy name Alan who lives in the home. Alan lived in the home, and invited his family members Brad and Janet to stay. Brad and Janet investigate the freezer, and see a dead body of someone (apparently Mary Margaret Haxby-Jones, 81, a white woman) they have never seen or heard of, then call the police. But Alan does not? I’m trying to think of this setup, and the oddly worded distinctions in this article. I guess we’re all trying to figure out if “Alan” killed poor Mary, then put her in the freezer, but why not say that? And why specify Mary is a white woman?

    It’s all weird. And maybe I am projecting, but I am trying to picture myself as Brad and/or Janet. “So, we were snooping in your deep freezer, and, uh… who is that?” Why were they snooping in the deep freezer? Was it a deep freezer or an upright? Was the body intact? Even wrapped? What did “Alan” say? Why did Brad and Janet call the police and not Alan? Why is Alan never mentioned, even anonymously? “The legal counsel for Alan has stated he didn’t know the body was in the freezer, the freezer belonged to his father, now deceased.” Or something?

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      you’ve never stayed with friends or family out of town? you would ask a murderer about the body you found in their freezer instead of getting out and calling the cops? until the public record is set on whats going on, good journalism keeps the facts relatively open to avoid being incorrect and/or bringing on a lawsuit. the outlet likely doesnt have more information than this that cant be used for identification.

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        I mean, if I was hiding a body I wouldn’t have people over. I think that’s the thing people are struggling with.

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            Yeah, definitely not. Anyway, it seems like the authorities are being deliberately vague and confusing, we’ll get the full story later on, I bet.

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        I have had family stay over. That’s not the weird part. The weird part is being separated from the homeowner in reporting a dead body in the freezer. This implies family that stayed over, peeked in the freezer, and reported it separately. Some family. It almost suggests that they suspected this beforehand.

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      Okay, why were they staying there?

      Because they’re from out of town. What’s hard to understand about that?

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        Or it’s just the only identifying information the media had at the time? Not everything is “missing white woman syndrome.” This is the second article I’ve seen recently with one of these comments.

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      I assumed the owner of the residence left them stay to it’s place while they weren’t t there. Maybe they have multiple residences or whatever and the family members needed a place to stay.

      The owner either completely forgot about the body, it has been 9 years and I assume they don’t usually check it, plus maybe it’s not the main residence or they assumed they wouldn’t randomly start opening stuff and check stuff or it was in a place he assumed nobody would go an check.