A Dutch woman kept her dead 83-year-old mother in the freezer for a week because she couldn't bring herself to say goodbye.
A family friend contacted police on Monday, saying they could “no longer live” with the secret of the body in the freezer.
Police
went to the house in Kamperland, a small town in the southwestern
Netherlands, and the 46-year-old daughter immediately confessed.
“There
was no indication that the mother didn't die of natural causes, but the
body has nevertheless been taken for an autopsy,” police spokeswoman
Esther Boot said.
The daughter was taken to the police station, interviewed and examined by a psychiatrist and allowed to return home.
Police said the daughter was “too sad” to let her mother go.
“She wanted to keep her nearby,” Boot said.
The
two women had lived together for 17 years, during which time the
daughter took care of her mother day and night "with lots of love",
police said.
“We don't yet know if there will be criminal proceedings, that's up to the prosecutor,” Boot said.
“Technically it's a crime to keep a body in the freezer.”
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