An Arizona man is accused of hiding his father’s physique in a freezer in his yard for 4 years whereas he continued to gather his Social Safety checks.
Joseph Hill Jr, 51, was investigated after police obtained a tip on October 22 a couple of attainable physique hidden in his yard. When officers tried to strategy the freezer, Hill initially refused to allow them to strategy. Nonetheless, they ultimately gained entry and found human stays believed to be their father’s, ABC 15 Arizona reported.
Investigators obtained a search warrant for Hill’s dwelling in Tempe, Arizona, and once they returned days later, they discovered the freezer sealed with duct tape, plastic wrap, blankets and tarps. Hill advised detectives that his father had died in his dwelling 4 years in the past, prompting him to buy the freezer to retailer the stays.
He didn’t report his father’s demise as a result of it didn’t seem on the property title and he feared dropping his dwelling.
Contained in the unplugged freezer, police discovered skeletal stays that had been deserted for a number of months. Hill claimed that he had moved the freezer a number of occasions over time, insisting that he meant to bury his father in a area or within the desert.
He continued to gather his father’s Social Safety checks till final yr.
Hill was arrested Nov. 1 and charged with concealing a physique and failing to report a demise, in accordance with courtroom paperwork. He’s at the moment being held within the Maricopa County Jail with money bail set at $25,000.
An post-mortem is being carried out to formally determine the stays and decide the reason for demise. Hill’s preliminary listening to is scheduled for Nov. 4.
