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A man has been arrested for storing his dad's body in a freezer because he "didn't want to lose him".
The son, who is 82 years old, froze his dad, 101, after he died of natural causes around 18 months ago in Limburg in the Netherlands.
He told local media: "I did not want to let him go or I would miss him."
The man went on to say that he also wanted to be able to continue talking with him despite him being deceased.
The De Limburger reported that the body had been discovered after their family doctor became worried about the father's health.
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A police spokesman told the paper: “It is true that we found a body in a house in Mansholtstraat. It may be a resident of the building. Another resident has been identified as a suspect, but has not been arrested."
The man was questioned but hasn't been arrested (Getty Images/iStockphoto)They questioned the son on Saturday, and say they are still trying to work out how "long the man has been in the freezer and why".
Police are investigating how the man passed away, and whether he'd committed any other crimes, including fraud.
Local authorities visited the property, which they described as a "mess, and ordered the son to clean it up within a week.
The paper added that in 2015, a similar case came to the public attention after the body of a 91-year-old was found in the house she shared with her son.
The corpse was discovered two years after her death. The son was forced to pay back €40,000 that he had fraudulently ,continued to receive from her pension.
In the UK earlier this week, a man pleaded guilty to hiding his flatmate's body in a freezer for almost two years.
John Wainwright, 71, died in September 2018 but his body was not discovered in the freezer until August 2020.
Damion Johnson, 52, appeared at Derby Crown Court today where he pleaded guilty to preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body.
Johnson, who appeared at Derby Crown Court this morning, wore a black and grey Las Vegas Raiders American football jacket, patterned trousers and deck shoes.
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It is understood that Mr Wainwright's cause of death has not yet been determined.
However, he pleaded not guilty to three counts of fraud.
Johnson is accused of using Mr Wainwright's bank card on repeated occasions to pay for goods, withdrew money from ATM machines and transferred funds to his own bank account.
Raglan Ashton, defending, has told the hearing Johnson's defence will be that the money in Mr Wainwright's account was joint funds which he was entitled to use.