A MISSING woman has been found dead in her garage freezer as cops quiz her daughter.
The grim find was made when cops searched the home of 93-year-old Marie Hoskins in Sebastian, Florida following a welfare check.
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The Sebastian Police Department said that officers checked the property after concerned neighbors contacted the authorities and reported the woman had not been seen in some time, FOX35 reports.
Police Capt. Timothy Wood said the first attempt to enter the home was unsuccessful but the officer “had a gut feeling that something wasn’t right.”
Officers eventually managed to obtain a key with the help of a family member who was out of town.
Once they were inside the property they found the woman’s daughter, 64, who said she had not seen her mom in a while.
Wood added: “We opened the door, and she happened to be in the residence.
“I don’t know if she didn’t hear us knocking on the door or whatever it was, but she happened to be inside when we started going through the residence.
“The officers kind of decided to continue searching the residence at which point they found the 93-year-old deceased in a chest freezer in the garage.”
The woman’s daughter has not been arrested or charged with a crime and followed officers to the police precinct for questioning.
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SPD said in a statement: “Detectives are actively working with the Medical Examiner and the State Attorney’s Office on this case as it is still active at this time.”
The woman’s body is expected to undergo an autopsy.
Meanwhile, the body of a 28-year-old man who went missing after getting in a car with his girlfriend was found in a shallow grave.
Devantae Griffin, 28, was reported missing on March 30.
His girlfriend has been named as a “prime suspect”.
The death of a five-year-old boy whose body was stuffed in a suitcase remains a mystery.
The child’s body was found in a suitcase with Las Vegas tags all over it in the rural areas of Washington County.
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