bloodrayne
11-21-2004, 08:43 PM
Human Remains Found In Somerville Storage Building
Somerville, Massachusets -- The deathbed confession of a Massachusetts woman led to the discovery on Thursday of her husband's remains inside a freezer at a self-storage facility, where he's been for at least six years, authorities said.
Moments before she died, the woman told one of her two children that she killed her husband in California several years ago, Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley said. The children later informed police.
"There was an indication made that the mother in fact had committed a homicide and the father's remains had been sealed in a freezer, a locked freezer, which had been shipped to (the storage facility)," Coakley said on Thursday. "It's very bizarre."
The woman shipped the freezer, with her husband's body inside, from California to Somerville six years ago, Coakley said. But the slaying may have taken place up to 14 years ago. That's when the woman apparently began telling her children that their father had been killed in a car accident, Coakley said.
Police went to the Planet Self Storage facility in Somerville on Thursday and found the remains inside a freezer that was locked and sealed with duct tape, Coakley said. There was an odor coming from the freezer, she said.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and approximate time of death.
No names have been released. The woman was in her 50s and died in the past few weeks.
"She believes she was a victim of domestic violence," Coakley said. "Whether that is accurate, we just have no idea at this time."
Somerville, Massachusets -- The deathbed confession of a Massachusetts woman led to the discovery on Thursday of her husband's remains inside a freezer at a self-storage facility, where he's been for at least six years, authorities said.
Moments before she died, the woman told one of her two children that she killed her husband in California several years ago, Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley said. The children later informed police.
"There was an indication made that the mother in fact had committed a homicide and the father's remains had been sealed in a freezer, a locked freezer, which had been shipped to (the storage facility)," Coakley said on Thursday. "It's very bizarre."
The woman shipped the freezer, with her husband's body inside, from California to Somerville six years ago, Coakley said. But the slaying may have taken place up to 14 years ago. That's when the woman apparently began telling her children that their father had been killed in a car accident, Coakley said.
Police went to the Planet Self Storage facility in Somerville on Thursday and found the remains inside a freezer that was locked and sealed with duct tape, Coakley said. There was an odor coming from the freezer, she said.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and approximate time of death.
No names have been released. The woman was in her 50s and died in the past few weeks.
"She believes she was a victim of domestic violence," Coakley said. "Whether that is accurate, we just have no idea at this time."