In a surprising discovery from a small city within the Netherlands, an aged man was discovered to have been preserving his deceased father’s physique in his freezer for the previous 18 months to take care of his presence.
The information was first reported by 1Limburg, a Dutch information outlet.
The authorities stumbled upon the physique within the city of Landgraaf, inside a home on Mansholtstraat.
Police mentioned the 82-year-old man had saved his 101-year-old father’s physique in his freezer following the daddy’s pure demise a yr and a half in the past.
“I did not wish to lose him. In any other case, I might miss him,” he confessed. He had positioned his father within the freezer so he “may nonetheless discuss to him”.
Native police, though contemplating the son a suspect for hiding his father’s physique, don’t suspect any foul play within the father’s demise.
“We’re not assuming a criminal offense,” a police spokesperson confirmed to 1Limburg.
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The case got here to gentle after the deceased man’s physician grew involved about his well being and alerted the authorities. Law enforcement officials subsequently discovered the physique within the son’s home.
At the moment, police are investigating the precise circumstances of the 101-year-old man’s demise and the explanations behind the son’s choice to maintain his physique in a freezer. The precise time of demise is being decided as properly.
An analogous incident came about within the metropolis of Limburg a couple of years in the past when a person saved his deceased mom’s physique in his home for over two years, throughout which he collected her pension and advantages. He was later ordered by the courtroom to repay 40,000 euros.