Freezer Filled With Human Body Parts Found in Alaska Woods
On 4/28/21 at 11:25 AM EDT
A freezer containing human remains has been found partially buried in some woods in Alaska.
Police in Fairbanks received a report of the freezer containing human remains found in the woods near mile 112 of the Tok Cutoff road just after 6 a.m. on Monday, according to a report from state troopers in Alaska.
Tok-based troopers said they responded to the scene and found the freezer roughly 100 feet into the woods from the road. Officers then determined there were human remains inside.
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Law enforcement officers from Fairbanks and Glennallen as well as the Tok Department of Transportation attended the scene, the report said. The troopers Helo 2 helicopter was also used.
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A Japanese woman kept her dead mother frozen for 10 years for fear of getting evicted from her home. Yumi Yoshino, 48, revealed that she didn t want to move out of the home that she had shared with her mother in Tokyo. The mother is reported to have been 60 years old at the time of death. The reason why Yumi believed she would have been evicted was that it was her mother who had signed the lease on the municipal housing complex unit.
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Yumi was forced to move out of her apartment in January since she was delinquent on rent and the amount totaled 1.1 million yen ($10,500). According to Kyodo News, a cleaner who had arrived to work at the flat discovered the body in a freezer hidden in a closet. An autopsy couldn t determine the exact time, day or cause of death, and the mother s body was found partly frozen. According to the police reports, the body was bent partly to fit into the freezer. H
Women kept mum s body hidden in freezer for 10 years after shock discovery
Japanese woman Yumi Yoshino squeezed her mother s body into a freezer in their Tokyo home because she didn t want to move out of the property. A cleaner made the grisly discovery
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Yumi Yoshino was arrested in a hotel in the city of Chiba near Tokyo (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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