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Police in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, are investigating the discovery of a man's body inside a refrigerator that was left in the garden of an abandoned house.
According to police, the body was found just after noon on Sunday. Fuji TV reported that a man doing landscape work at the abandoned residence situated in Shimodogiuchi-cho, called 110 after making the startling discovery. He was quoted by police as saying, “I thought it was strange when I spotted a bicycle and a fridge in the garden. I went over to check it out and saw the corpse in the fridge.”
Police said the man appeared to have been in the two-meter-high refrigerator for about one week. The victim had a driver's license in his pocket, identifying him as a 50-year-old man from Saitama Prefecture.
© Japan Today
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Ron Barnes
So Sad way to end I hope they catch the Culprit and given a decent send off
Monozuki
What a creepy incident! Very bizarre case. Hope police catch a psychotic killer ASAP.
John Brown
I assume the refrigerator was unplugged since in the garden and at an abandoned house. The smell could not of been too good and the shock of a person cramed inside even worse. But are there any signs of a murder or struggle? Maybe it wad a suicide? Why would a bicycle of been there? Was he single with no kids? Did he have a job? No one reported him missing?
borax2
This isn't the whole story. The TV news was reporting that there were signs that this man was living inside the fridge. It's still bizarre, but perhaps it was a homeless person who wanted some shelter in a place no one would think to look?
Toasted Heretic
People have died after climbing into fridges before. It's usually kids but maybe he was seeking shelter?