San Diego police say the body of a woman that was found inside a freezer at a home in Allied Gardens may have been dead for up to nine years..
They have identified the body as that of Mary Margaret Haxby-Jones, who would have been 81 years old..
Three days before Christmas, on December 22, officers responded to a home in the 4900 block of Zion Avenue to investigate a report of a death.
They say out-of-town family members were at the residence and said that they had found the body inside a chest freezer. The San Diego Police Homicide Unit was called to investigate..
Detectives say they believe that at some point prior to the discovery of her body, Haxby-Jones lived at the address on Zion Avenue.
The cause of death has not yet been determined and remains under investigation. According to police, there was "no obvious" traumatic injury to the body.
Based on the investigation to this point, detectives believe it is possible that Haxby-Jones may have been missing or dead for up to nine years.
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