Body found in San Diego freezer could have been a woman missing

The body found in a San Diego freezer last month may have been that of a woman who has been missing or dead for up to nine years, the San Diego Police Department said.

A body found in a San Diego freezer last month may have been that of a woman who has been missing or dead for up to nine years, police said Thursday.

"Out-of-town" family members who were visiting a residence called local authorities when they discovered the body in the freezer, police said in December.

The family members are related to someone who currently lives in the home and are not related to the woman found in the freezer, according to police. Police added the freezer was running when the body was found.

The San Diego police homicide unit was called in to investigate because of the unusual location of the body, police said.

A body was found in the freezer of a home on the 4900 block of Zion Avenue in San Diego in December, police said. NBC San DiegoPolice identified the body Thursday as that of Mary Margaret Haxby-Jones, 81, a white woman.

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