The new owners of an Alabama home found a 19-year-old man stuffed to death in a refrigerator in their backyard – leading to the arrest of the teenager’s parents, authorities said.
The owner was cleaning the property Sunday morning when they came across an old appliance that concealed the badly decomposed body of Logan Michael Halstead, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Because the refrigerator was too heavy to lift, the owners began cleaning it when they discovered human hands, Sheriff Eric Blankenship told AL.com.
The teenager’s family had been renting out the house, but moved out more than a month ago before the property owner sold it, Blankenship reportedly said.
Halstead’s parents, Michael Shane Halstead, 44, and Karen Tysinger Halstead, 43, were arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse. They are being held in jail without bond.
“This incident is a very tragic situation and our agency is committed to finding the truth,” the sheriff said in a statement.
“The investigation is ongoing and information will continue to be released as the case progresses.”
Michael Shane Halstead.WTVY Karen Tysinger Halstead.WTVY The teenager’s family had been renting out the home, but moved out more than a month ago before the property owner sold it, Blankenship reportedly said. WTVY
Logan Halstead has medical issues, including spina bifida, WTVY reported.
Blankenship told the station that the father claimed he had a manic episode and did not remember how his son’s body got into the malfunctioning freezer.
He also claimed his wife was not involved, the sheriff said.
In another strange twist, Michael Halstead allegedly told authorities from another police department about his son’s abandoned body earlier this month, but officers were unable to locate the body when they searched, sources told WTVY.
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