San Diego man forced friend to help hide wife’s body in freezer, autopsy report says

[ad_1] SAN DIEGO — A person suspected of inserting his spouse’s physique in a freezer at their Allied Gardens house allegedly pressured a good friend at gunpoint to assist conceal the loss of life, based on an post-mortem report unsealed Thursday.

The report by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Workplace additionally states the physique of Margaret Haxby-Jones was solely found final December after her husband suffered a stroke and the good friend got here ahead to inform the lady’s household the place the physique had been hidden for roughly 9 years.

The main points come every week after San Diego police revealed their suspicions across the involvement of the husband, Robert Haxby, who died in February. Police mentioned they investigated the chance that Haxby hid the physique so his spouse’s advantages would proceed to be paid out. Nevertheless, investigators couldn't collect sufficient proof to prosecute the case.

Police didn't reply to requests for remark Thursday on whether or not the unnamed good friend who allegedly helped disguise the physique was being investigated for any potential crimes. A spokesperson for the district lawyer referred inquiries to police.

The physique was found on the house on Zion Avenue close to Eldridge Road, the place Haxby-Jones and her husband lived.

The good friend who spoke with investigators mentioned she had died from pure causes at 72 years outdated, the post-mortem report says. She was reportedly overweight, in a declining state of well being and suffered from dementia. Nevertheless, the post-mortem report states that, as a result of extended concealment of the physique, the reason for loss of life couldn't be decided.

Her husband hid her loss of life for monetary functions, based on the report. He coerced the good friend, reportedly at gunpoint, to assist transfer the physique right into a chest freezer within the yard of the home, officers mentioned. The physique was hid with a tarp, and the good friend was sworn to secrecy.

Upon the invention of her physique, the lifetime of Haxby-Jones grew to become a thriller to unravel for the Allied Gardens group.

Haxby-Jones had labored for 20 years as a nurse anesthetist earlier than she resigned her publish in 1999.

Haxby-Jones bought the Zion Avenue house within the mid-Nineteen Eighties, based on a girl linked to the household who spoke to the Union-Tribune. She married her husband however the two ran afoul of the Inside Income Service and a lien of $13,000 was placed on the house.

The difficulty with the IRS was resolved across the similar time as her disappearance in 2015.

Between 2013 and 2020, police responded to the house practically 20 instances for calls starting from welfare checks to psychological well being conditions to experiences of elder abuse. None of those calls led to the invention of her physique.

Based on the post-mortem report, three weeks earlier than her physique was found, Haxby-Jones’ husband was admitted to the hospital. When his loss of life grew to become imminent, the good friend informed the household on Dec. 21 that Haxby-Jones was in a freezer on the property behind the home that was “excessively cluttered with belongings,” the post-mortem report reads.

The household went over to the house and didn't initially discover the freezer that evening. However the subsequent day, the household returned and located the freezer tucked in opposition to the surface wall of the home, based on the report.

It was decided that the final time Haxby-Jones had been seen alive was about 10 years earlier, based on the report. She would have been 81 years outdated on the time of her discovery.