The elderly woman found dead inside a chest freezer in a home in the Allied Gardens neighborhood of San Diego, California, on Thursday, has been identified as Mary Margaret Haxby Jones.
Her body was discovered on December 22nd by people visiting the house from outside the city. Law enforcement officials believe she had been missing or believed dead for nearly nine years. san diego union tribune report Thursday.
The woman lived at the Zion Street home until her death, the paper said. According to CBS 8, she would have been 81 years old. The police are currently work To determine whether her death is related to a crime or some kind of accident:
Haxby-Jones was a registered nurse who lived in the residence with her husband, a man named Robert, in the 1980s.
of union tribune “Homicide detectives are investigating the death as a suspicious death due to the unusual circumstances surrounding how the body was discovered.” However, the cause of death has not yet been determined.
Police say no missing person report has been filed regarding the woman, NBC News report.
Meanwhile, a neighbor who knew Haxby-Jones was having a difficult time. remember According to Fox 5, when was the last time she saw the woman?
“She's a lovely woman, that's all I can tell you. She says, 'Good morning, good morning, good night.' That’s it,” her neighbor commented.
The people who found her body in the active freezer and called police say they are related to someone living in the house. Authorities are investigating the relationship between the woman and the current resident.
other neighbors Said They remembered seeing an older man at the home, but another area resident who lives two houses away said they also saw a man there, according to NBC News.
“I never saw anyone coming or going. I never saw even that old man on the sidewalk. I only saw him on the front porch,” he explained.
