A useless physique was present in a freezer by a household in San Diego, police have stated, with particulars round the way it ended up there nonetheless a thriller.

The San Diego Police Department stated "out-of-town" members of the family instantly referred to as police once they discovered the physique in a house in Zion Avenue at round 11.45am (7.45pm UK time) on Saturday.

Sky News's US associate community, NBC News, reported the physique is believed to be feminine - however no different bodily particulars have been confirmed.

An official identification will happen in the end.

The police division's murder investigations group was referred to as in, given the "unusual location" the place the physique was discovered.

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"Detectives are continuing to gather information to understand what happened and why the body was inside the freezer," police stated.

It's unclear if any traumatic damage was concerned, with the state of the physique making it troublesome to right away decide any reason behind loss of life.

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