Body of 93-year-old Florida woman found in freezer

SEBASTIAN, Fla. — The body of a 93-year-pld South Florida woman was found inside a freezer in her garage during a Thursday welfare check initiated by neighbors, according to police.

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Officers with the Sebastian Police Department responded to the Paddock Street home after multiple neighbors, concerned about the well-being of Marie Hoskins, requested the check, WPTV reported.

Police Capt. Timothy Wood told the TV station that even though officers “exhausted all leads as far as hospitals or anything where an elderly person might be,” they still had an “odd feeling about the situation” and persisted.

After failing to reach anyone inside the home, officers obtained a key from an out-of-town relative of Hoskins and entered the home, where they found Hoskins’ 64-year-old daughter, who claimed to have not seen her mother in “some time.”

“So, they decided to continue in the residence to see if she was inside. At which point, they went into the garage opened up a chest freezer and there was a deceased person inside,” Wood told WPTV.

According to police, the woman in the home, who has not been identified publicly, voluntarily submitted to police questioning, and a search warrant for the home was executed early Friday morning. The department is working in concert with the Medical Examiner and the State Attorney’s offices.

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