"We have the..." Louisiana Police Find Woman’s Body in Walk-in Freezer at Arby’s Restaurant

[Turd Fergusen]

Authorities in Louisiana are investigating a “suspicious death” after a body was found in a walk-in freezer at an Arby’s restaurant in New Iberia, police said.

The New Iberia Police Department said the female victim was an employee at the restaurant on E. Admiral Doyle Drive, according to KADN. Her cause of death has not yet been determined.

“So it was an employee that discovered the female deceased inside the cooler, (and) the deceased is an employee of the restaurant,” New Iberia Police Capt. Leland Laseter told the local station.

According to preliminary information, Laseter said the death is suspicious, but foul play is not expected and it may have been an accident.

“Nothing is set in stone yet,” Laseter said.

“A situation like this is unusual, so we’re taking extra precautions during the investigation,” the police captain told KADN. “(We) pretty much have completed our process at the crime scene. After completely processing the crime scene… this does not seem like a homicide, it seems like an accident.”

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Louisiana police find woman’s body in walk-in freezer at Arby’s restaurant

Authorities in Louisiana are investigating a “suspicious death” after a body was found in a walk-in freezer at an Arby’s restaurant in New Iberia, police said.

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[cubby]

Laseter said the death is suspicious, but foul play is not expected and it may have been an accident.

That does not compute.

If suspicious does that mean someone locked her in the freezer? But if they did how is that an accident?

 

[Metalfan]

Those aren't Beef n cheddar! They finally got caught!

 

[BuffettGirl]

So maybe I scratch Arby's off of the "I feel too lazy to cook dinner tonight" list for now...

 

[thuumpr]

 

[Sejanus]

Overdose?

 

[DamagedGoods]

I mean... technically she is meat.

 

[everjaded]

Overdose?

That's actually a great guess. Checks the "suspicious but not homicide" box, and could be categorized as an accident if, say, she nodded off and ended up being inside the freezer for longer than she intended to be.

I know if I had a coworker that went MIA mid-shift, the freezer wouldn't exactly be the first place I'd be looking for them to be laying low. Walk-in cooler, yes, freezer, not so much.

 

[McDanel]

That does not compute.

If suspicious does that mean someone locked her in the freezer? But if they did how is that an accident?

Could also have been a slip and fall.

 

[Kitsune Faye]

Suicide can also be a probable cause.

 

[Hermy]

“Nothing is set in stone yet,” Laseter said.

True, but the body is rock solid.

 

[Symmachus]

Overdose?

Yes, it was an overdose. An overdose of freezing temperatures, amirite?

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I can't help but notice the billboard in the picture chosen. It is almost hilariously on point.

Now, who wants some 1980's goth rock?

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

Arby’s freezer victim was widowed mom on temporary assignment - lawsuit filed by family​

A Louisiana woman who died after she became trapped in the walk-in freezer of an Arby’s was a widowed mother of four on a temporary assignment, according to a report.

Nguyet Le, 63, worked as an Arby’s general manager and was opening the eatery in New Iberia, La., about 30 minutes south of Lafayette, when she somehow became stuck inside the freezer on May 11 “and beat her hands bloody trying to escape or get someone’s attention,” her family said in a lawsuit filed this week.

Le normally worked in a Houston Arby’s but had relocated for a month at the company’s request, McClatchy News Service said. The assignment in Louisiana was then extended.

Foul play is not suspected in Le’s death, her lawyers said in a news release, which noted the temperature inside the freezer likely ranged from 5 to -20 degrees.

A former employee told the family the freezer door’s latch had been broken for months, McClatchy reported.

MSN