It was neither a movie nor a nightmare, but it does contain a lot of terror. A family in Alabama, United States, called the police on Sunday, October 29, 2023, to report a gloomy situation: they found a body in their home.

The way they found the body is straight out of a cop movie scene. A married couple recently purchased the house and this weekend they took it upon themselves to clean the areas.

When they reached the area of ​​a backyard, “a nightmare” began because when they opened a freezer that looked completely abandoned, they wanted to move it, but they couldn’t because of its weight. They came across the body, Caraota Digital reported.

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Lane Keith, confronted by the shocking scene, notified Alabama police. Last Sunday it was 11:37 in the morning.

The body is that of Logan Halstead, who was 19 years old. He was the son of those who sold the property. The young man had a special condition; I had spina bifida.

According to WFLA, investigators determined that Logan’s body was “severely decomposed and had been in the freezer since late July or early August.”

Logan’s parents, Karen and Michael Halstead, who had moved into a house in Jack, were arrested, this newspaper reported. The couple ‘were accused of abuse of corpses’.

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Did the former owner speak before his son’s death?

What happened in that home is confusing: Michael Halstead said he was caring for his sick son. He added that “Logan had an accident in the house so he had to leave the room to get things and clean up the mess, but when he came back Logan wasn’t talking and Michael declared his son dead.”

According to WFLA, the man reportedly stated that “he does not know how the body ended up in an unplugged freezer in his backyard.”

A revealing piece of information was captured by the press. “Michael Halstead alerted officers that he had left his son’s remains in a freezer that didn’t work. According to multiple sources, the police went to the home. “They searched but could not find Logan’s body,” WTVY’s 4 News reported.

Investigation will reveal what happened to the dead young man

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences will attempt to determine the circumstances that caused the 19-year-old’s death.

Justice will await the results of the autopsy because depending on what emerges, Michael and Karen Halstead could be charged with murder, the news site indicates.

This incident is a very tragic situation and our office is doing everything we can to uncover the truth.

Eric Blankenship, sheriff

On October 31, 2023, it was learned that “Judge James Peterson had issued bail of $175,000 each,” according to El Diario de NY.

The story as a whole is terrifying. A preview of the investigation indicates that “Michael Halstead had attempted to hide his son’s body from his wife and his other children, 13-year-old twins. Before placing Logan in the freezer in the backyard, he carefully wrapped the body in a plastic bag, blankets and a shower curtain and covered it with cardboard,” the media quoted earlier reported.

“This took us all by surprise,” said Henry County Sheriff Eric Blankenship. While the man who bought the house, Lane Keith, lamented: “It’s been really hard. “I mean, it’s going to be hard for anyone with any heart.”

(JO)