Authorities in Tempe, Arizona have arrested a man after a human body was found inside a freezer in his backyard.
Officers responded to Joseph Hill Jr.’s home Tuesday after receiving a tip about a possible deceased person in his backyard.
Detectives asked to see what was in Hill’s backyard freezer but the 51-year-old man refused.
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He told officers that his father had passed away four years ago.
Officers obtained a search warrant and opened the freezer to find skeletal human remains.
Hill was arrested on charges of concealment of a body and failure to report a death.
The medical examiner’s office is working to identify the body and determine a cause of death.
