A man clearing out his recently dead mother's apartment in
New York City discovered a decomposing body stuffed into a freezer in her living room.
The corpse is believed to be around ten to fifteen years old with investigators unable to tell if it was a man or woman, the building superintendent said.
Visiting his mother's apartment on Broadway, near West 150th Street, in Harlem, to close up her affairs at around 9am on Thursday, the son opened up the freezer.
Asmir Basim, super of the building, told
New York Daily News: 'He opened the freezer and started screaming. He says the body appeared to be a woman, very decayed.'
The stand alone freezer had been duct taped shut and was in the living room.
A police source told
The New York Post: '[We] can't tell if it's a man or a woman or black or white.'
Building staff say police are investigating whether the body could be the mother of the deceased, reports New York Daily News.
Mr Basim told the publication that the woman had never granted him access to work in her apartment but 'seemed like a lovely lady'.
