Arizona man allegedly stashed his father’s body inside freezer to avoid losing home: police

A Tempe, Arizona, antheral allegedly stashed his father’s corpse wrong a freezer that sat successful his backyard for respective years to forestall reporting his dad’s death, fearing helium whitethorn suffer his house, according to police.

Tempe constabulary said successful a merchandise that 51-year-old Joseph Hill Jr. was arrested past week and faces charges of concealing a assemblage and failing to study a death.

Detectives with the section received a extremity that Hill was hiding a assemblage successful the backyard freezer of his location successful Tempe.

When officers archetypal contacted Hill, helium refused to let officers to adjacent into the freezer, though helium noted his begetter died 4 years prior, constabulary said.

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Joseph Hill Jr. of Tempe Arizona, is accused of storing his father's corpse successful a freezer successful his backyard and not reporting the death. (FOX 10 Phoenix)

After receiving a hunt warrant, detectives returned to the spot and discovered a freezer successful the backyard that was covered successful integrative wrap, duct portion and sheets. Once constabulary obtained entree to the freezer, they recovered skeletal remains.

In constabulary records obtained by FOX 10 successful Phoenix, constabulary wrote that Hill told officers the remains belonged to his father, and helium had them for implicit 4 years.

Detectives obtained the hunt warrant aft they were incapable to find authorities records of Hill Sr.’s death.

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Joseph Hill Jr. of Tempe Arizona, is accused of storing his father's corpse successful a freezer successful his backyard and not reporting the death. (FOX 10 Phoenix)

The probe besides recovered spot deeds that showed Hill’s begetter inactive owned the location and collected Social Security benefits until March 2023.

Hill allegedly told police helium did not study his father’s decease due to the fact that helium was acrophobic of losing the location — his sanction was not connected the deed. He besides reportedly told constabulary helium watched his begetter instrumentality his past enactment implicit 4 years agone astatine a nursing location successful Oregon, earlier putting his assemblage wrong the freezer.

Police said Hill confessed to trying to hide his begetter successful the godforsaken aggregate times, though helium was unsuccessful.

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Tempe, Arizona constabulary said a antheral stored his father's corpse successful a freezer successful the backyard of his location due to the fact that helium was acrophobic of losing the home. (iStock)

Neighbors told FOX 10 they past retrieve seeing Hill’s begetter successful mediocre wellness astir 4 years ago. They besides said Hill grew up successful the home, though often kept to himself.

Testing is presently being conducted connected the remains, though until complete, constabulary cannot corroborate if they beryllium to Hill’s father.

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Hill was charged with felony abandoning oregon concealing a dormant body, arsenic good arsenic failing to study a death, which is simply a misdemeanor. His enslaved was acceptable astatine $25,000 cash.